On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 09:59:29 +0200, Fredrik Lundh wrote: >> where do nested functions live? > > in the local variable of an executing function, just like the variable > "bar" in the following function: > > def foo(): > bar = "who am I? where do I live?" > > (yes, an inner function is *created* every time you execute the outer > function. but it's created from prefabricated parts, so that's not a > very expensive process).
Does this mean I'm wasting my time writing doc strings for nested functions? If there is no way of accessing them externally, should I make them mere # comments? -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
