Python variable binding oddities

Posted by andreyf on Friday September 19, 2008 @12:47PM
from the lackingrhoticity.blogspot.com dept.

http://lackingrhoticity.blogspot.com/2008/08/4-python-variable-binding-oddities.html

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Re:Python variable binding oddities by andreyf on Friday September 19, 2008 @12:53PM (#309378)

Python just went down a notch in my book.

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Re:Python variable binding oddities by fjsjex on Friday September 19, 2008 @11:22PM (#309694)

I would wait until Python 3000 comes out and then judge. Hopefully some of these things will be fixed. The are getting rid of old-style classes, so I have my fingers crossed.

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Re:Python variable binding oddities by qwph on Friday September 19, 2008 @04:42PM (#309451)

I kind of agree - I find the particulars of class definitions to be quite unintuitive in Python, compared to other languages.

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Re:Python variable binding oddities by babo on Saturday September 20, 2008 @07:25AM (#309862)

An eye opener, good read! On the same topic I highly recommend this google techtalk video, Advanced Python or Understanding Python: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7760178035196894549&...

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Re:Python variable binding oddities by th0ma5 on Friday September 19, 2008 @01:35PM (#309423)

this doesn't bother my support for python. i never use these things in quite these ways mentioned, and now if i do, i can just refer to this page ;p but ya know all languages have some weird things going on.

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Re:Python variable binding oddities by albertcardona on Saturday September 20, 2008 @06:21AM (#309844)

It's all about subtle bugs that shouldn't be there in the first place. Python is great, but the listed oddities ought to be fixed or very well documented with big red marks.

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