On Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:26:38 -0700 (PDT), "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> wrote:
2. Will it be possible in Python 3.0 to do the following:
>>> def dotimes(n, callable):
for i in range(n): callable()
>>> def block():
nonlocal i
for j in range(i):
print j,
print
dotimes seems ok and what is wrong with that function "block"? You do
not need to specify that i is "nonlocal", global i will be used.
i=10
def block():
for j in range(i):
print j,
print
block()
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Python doesn't have dynamic scoping.
>>> def dotimes(n, callable):
... for i in range(n):
... callable()
...
>>> def block():
... for j in range(i):
... print j,
... print
...
>>> def f():
... dotimes(5, block)
...
>>> f()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "<stdin>", line 2, in f
File "<stdin>", line 3, in dotimes
File "<stdin>", line 2, in block
NameError: global name 'i' is not defined
>>>
The "nonlocal" keyword in Python 3 won't do this, either. It's for
referencing names in outer lexical scopes, not outer dynamic scopes.
Jean-Paul
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