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Re:JavaScript Needs Blocks on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @02:27PM (#3448547)
The single element list is no longer necessary w/ Python 3's nonlocal keyword (along w/ the old global keyword)
Re:Wield Python's super() like a Jedi on Thursday May 26, 2011 @04:07PM (#2589225)
These two aren't equivalent, the first example requires the shapename keyword arg, raising a KeyError when it wasn't specified
Re:Hidden features of Python - Stack Overflow on Sunday January 23, 2011 @04:28PM (#2133380)
Can you go into specifics about how any of these examples are non-obvious because the language is incredibly complex?

In the context of higher level and or dynamic languages, I'd argue that Python is rather low on the complexity scale