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From: Aahz on 1 Jul 2010 20:00
In article <mailman.127.1278023557.1673.python-list(a)python.org>,
Ethan Furman <ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>Aahz wrote:
>> In article <mailman.2365.1277844243.32709.python-list(a)python.org>,
>> Ethan Furman <ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>>> Stephen Hansen wrote:
>>>> On 6/29/10 10:01 AM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>>>>> In the glossary section it states:
>>>>>
>>>>> <doc>
>>>>> nested scope
>>>>>
>>>>> The ability to refer to a variable in an enclosing definition. For
>>>>> instance, a function defined inside another function can refer to
>>>>> variables in the outer function. Note that nested scopes work only for
>>>>> reference and not for assignment which will always write to the
>>>>> innermost scope. In contrast, local variables both read and write in the
>>>>> innermost scope. Likewise, global variables read and write to the global
>>>>> namespace.
>>>>> </doc>
>>>>>
>>>>> Doesn't the nonlocal keyword make variables in outer scopes writable?
>>>> Yes. I'd submit a doc bug.
>>> Bug submitted.
>>
>> For the benefit of people following along at home, it's nice to provide
>> the URL to the ticket.
>
>Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;) I *think*
>this is what you want:
>
>http://bugs.python.org/issue9121

Congrats! And it's already marked closed! ;-)
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From: Terry Reedy on 1 Jul 2010 22:07
On 7/1/2010 6:42 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:

> Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;)

Great!
> I *think* this is what you want:
>
> http://bugs.python.org/issue9121

I believe Benjamin meant that it was already fixed in
http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/
which is currently the 3.2a0 docs.
Good to check there before reporting a doc bug.

Terry Jan Reedy

From: Ethan Furman on 2 Jul 2010 08:53
Terry Reedy wrote:
> On 7/1/2010 6:42 PM, Ethan Furman wrote:
>
>> Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;)
>
>
> Great!
> > I *think* this is what you want:
>
>>
>> http://bugs.python.org/issue9121
>
>
> I believe Benjamin meant that it was already fixed in
> http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/
> which is currently the 3.2a0 docs.
> Good to check there before reporting a doc bug.
>
> Terry Jan Reedy

Thanks for the pointer, I didn't know about that. Checking it out,
though, it seems the entry for nested scopes has been removed in its
entirety -- not sure about fixed, but I guess it's definitely not broken
anymore! ;)

~Ethan~

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