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1. Allison Parrish (aparrish@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 20-Jan-2018 18:19:50 EST Allison Parrish

   the only thing I really dislike about python is the lack of block-level scope. it's a bummer that you can (e.g.) accidentally wipe out a variable that happens to have the same name as your for-loop temp variable

   (weirdly this makes python uniquely unsuited to jupyter notebook-style interfaces, where you can execute cells out-of-order and end up inadvertently wiping out all kinds of things. tbh if each jupyter cell had its own scope, I'd probably spend 50% less time puzzling over weird errors)

   1. Hattie Cat (hattiecat@quitter.no)'s status on Sunday, 21-Jan-2018 03:56:50 EST Hattie Cat

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      @aparrish This is a colossal PITA and with python I try to limit scope with functions (esp. in Jupyter) and/or treat variables as immutable outside of list comprehension etc.