On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:00:14 -0800, bukzor wrote: > I think you struck at the heart of the matter earlier when you noted > that this is the simplest way to declare a static variable in python. > Using the 'global' keyword is the other way, and is much more explicit, > and much more widely used. I also see this as the main use of the > 'notlocal' keyword to be introduced in py3k (it also fixes the example > given by Istvan above).
There doesn't appear to be any reference to a "notlocal" keyword in Python 3 that I can find. Have I missed something? It sounds like an April Fool's gag to me. Do you have a reference to a PEP or other official announcement? -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list