On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 3:24 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this-cybersource.com.au> wrote: > On Mon, 18 Oct 2010 09:34:07 -0700, Chris Rebert wrote: > >> Also, Python's scoping rules, particularly for class-level scopes, don't >> work the way programmers from languages where nested classes are common >> would expect: > [snip example] > > I'm sorry, I don't see that "language Foo programmers will be surprised > that Python is not language Foo" is an argument against Python > programmers using nested classes. Surely it's an argument against writing > Foo in Python?
Touché; however, Python's semantics here differ so drastically from most other languages and the construction in question is so rarely used or useful that anyone who does use it is likely either in the running for Python language-lawyers-of-the-year or has a vendetta against polyglot programmers. :-) Cheers, Chris -- Why am I reminded of for-else... Also, where does one get a Juris Doctor Programmatica? http://blog.rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
