Re: [Proposal] _LOCAL was: Re: how to call a local function by its name?

[Coda Highland <chighland@...>]

On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 7:16 PM, Rena <hyperhacker@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 6:39 PM, Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Coda Highland <chighland@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 3:29 PM, Soni L. <fakedme@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Python has it.
>>>
>>> Python also has global-by-default. Your point?
>>>
>>> /s/ Adam
>>
>> Erf. LOCAL by default.
>>
>> /s/ Adam
>>
>
> Python has a lot of nice things, some of which I miss in Lua, but if
> Lua had all those things, it would no longer be Lua; it'd be Python.
> (Also Lua has a lot less magic, which I appreciate!)

Local-by-default is not one of those nice things.

And I say this as someone who likes Python.

/s/ Adam