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UnboundLocalError (was RE: Compound Assignment Operators ( +=, *=, etc...))
[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]
> Current behavior (1.5.2 as released) raises UnboundLocalError (a
> subclass of NameError), which is much more informative and is
> usually exactly what is needed to point out to the programmer
> where the coding error is.

UnboundLocalError is in the CVS development tree, but is not in 1.5.2.

Tom noted the dangers of separating the doc release from the code release,
so he'll be pleased to see the point has been illustrated <wink>. I'll add
that there's also a downside to the public CVS tree: many of us corporate
apologists don't run the released 1.5.2 anymore, so say stuff that isn't yet
true for those who are. Perl's corporate apologists have been doing this
for years, though <wink>.

the-world-is-fraught-with-teensy-perils-ly y'rs - tim
UnboundLocalError (was RE: Compound Assignment Operators ( +=, *=, etc...)) [ In reply to ]
Hi Tim

Could you explain to me the meaning of "<wink>", please?
Is it a form of ":-)"?

-Per.

Tim Peters wrote:

... <wink>.

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Per Kistler kistler@fnmail.com / kistler@gmx.net
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UnboundLocalError (was RE: Compound Assignment Operators ( +=, *=, etc...)) [ In reply to ]
[Per Kistler]
> Could you explain to me the meaning of "<wink>", please?
> Is it a form of ":-)"?

It's closer to ;-), but "<0.1 wink>" through "<0.9 wink>" (and an uncountable
number of others) have no literal translation to primitive emoticons. BTW, I
started doing that when editing a Twin Peaks newsletter that got snail-mailed
to non-computer people as well as emailed to geeks. The former had no idea
what to make of ;-) and the like, but grokked <wink> & friends instantly. And
that's why I use Python too.

go-ahead-just-*try*-to-make-a-buck-off-of-that<wink>-ly y'rs - tim
UnboundLocalError (was RE: Compound Assignment Operators ( +=, *=, etc...)) [ In reply to ]
"Tim Peters" <tim_one@email.msn.com> writes:

> [Per Kistler]
> > Could you explain to me the meaning of "<wink>", please?
> > Is it a form of ":-)"?
>
> It's closer to ;-), but "<0.1 wink>" through "<0.9 wink>" (and an
> uncountable number of others)

But only if you start posting arbitrarily long posts to c.l.py (that
argument was on this ng wasn't it?).

irrelavent-ly y'rs - Michael