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[Python-Dev] PEP 342: simple example, closure alternative

[Python-Dev] PEP 342: simple example, closure alternativeGuido van Rossum gvanrossum at gmail.com
Fri Aug 26 16:57:08 CEST 2005
On 8/25/05, Ian Bicking <ianb at colorstudy.com> wrote:
> More generally, I've been doing some language comparisons, and I don't
> like literal but non-idiomatic translations of programming patterns. 

True. (But that doesn't mean I think using generators for this example
is great either.)

> So I'm considering better ways to translate some of the same use cases.

Remember that this particuar example was invented to show the
superiority of Lisp; it has no practical value when taken literally.
If you substitute a method call for the "acc += incr" operation, the
Python translation using nested functions is very natural. For larger
examples, I'd recommend defining a class as always.

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--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)
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