[Zope-dev] Re: RestrictedPython "globalization" change

[Evan Simpson]

Tres Seaver wrote:
> I was just looking with Shane at the code you added in November to 
> address http://collector.zope.org/Zope/445 .  It seems to me that this 
> bit of majyk is just confusing, and makes PythonScripts even less like 
> "normal" Python functions;  the actual submitter could easily fix his 
> script by adding 'global context' at the top.

I completely disagree.  Part of what already makes Scripts different 
than "normal" functions is that they don't have an associated module and 
globals.  Bound variables are simply pre-initialized -- their current 
"globalness" is an implementation detail that could change.

Cheers,

Evan @ 4-am