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Fri Apr 30 14:29:49 EDT 2004 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2004-April/044622.html

Andrew Koenig wrote:
>>>This looks (a) cool and (b) a complete hack that nobody should be
>>
>>allowed to
>>
>>>do without messing with sys._getframe().
>>
>>It reminds me a little bit of the dynamic binding in Emacs lisp.  As
>>incredibly useful as that is sometimes, it's a disgusting hack. :)
> 
> 
> And, if I understand correctly, something from which the Lisp community is
> moving away--preferring, instead, the notion of "lexical scoping" such as in
> Scheme.
Well, global variables in Common Lisp are still dynamically-scoped, 
which makes perfect sense IMO.

Also, I think there is a SRFI almost every Scheme implements (SRFI ~ 
PEP) which add dynamic bindings.

Cheers,
Michael

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[Python-Dev] PEP 289 - Generator Expressions