On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, Moshe Zadka wrote: > [Tim Peters] > > Note that this problem will be much worse in Python: in Pascal, you could > > always "look up" for the closest-containing func/proc that explicitly > > declares a referenced vrbl. In Python, you have to indirectly *deduce* > > which vrbls are local to a def, by searching the entire body for an > > appearance as a binding target. So you have to "look up" and "look down" > > from the reference point, and it's easy to miss a binding target. > > This is a tool problem, and should be solved with good tools. > Of course, installing the corret tools in people's minds will require > some technological discoveries. Bleck. Those tools are a crutch to deal with a poor language design / feature. And are those tools portable? Are they part of everybody's standard tool set? Will vi, emacs, and MS DevStudio all have those capabilities? Not a chance. Personally, I'll take Guido's point of view and say they are inherently hard to deal with; therefore, punt them. Cheers, -g -- Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
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