<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>A.3 Nested scopes </title> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="A.3 Nested scopes "> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="ref"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset="> <link rel="STYLESHEET" href="ref.css"> <link rel="first" href="ref.html"> <link rel="contents" href="contents.html" title="Contents"> <link rel="index" href="genindex.html" title="Index"> <LINK REL="previous" href="module-future.html"> <LINK REL="up" href="futures.html"> <LINK REL="next" href="definitions.html"> </head> <body> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="module-future.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="futures.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="definitions.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Reference Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="../icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="module-future.html">A.2 __future__ </A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="futures.html">A. Future statements and</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="definitions.html">A.3.1 Definitions and rules</A> <br><hr> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION0011300000000000000000"> </A> <BR> A.3 Nested scopes </H1> <a name="l2h-415"> </a> <P> This section defines the new scoping semantics that will be introduced in Python 2.2. They are available in Python 2.1 by using the future statement "<tt class="samp">nested_scopes</tt>". This section begins with a bit of terminology. <P> <p><hr> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></a> <UL CLASS="ChildLinks"> <LI><A href="definitions.html">A.3.1 Definitions and rules</a> <LI><A href="dynamic-features.html">A.3.2 Interaction with dynamic features</a> </ul> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <DIV CLASS="navigation"> <p><hr> <table align="center" width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2"> <tr> <td><A href="module-future.html"><img src="../icons/previous.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Previous Page" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="futures.html"><img src="../icons/up.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Up One Level" width="32"></A></td> <td><A href="definitions.html"><img src="../icons/next.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Next Page" width="32"></A></td> <td align="center" width="100%">Python Reference Manual</td> <td><A href="contents.html"><img src="../icons/contents.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Contents" width="32"></A></td> <td><img src="../icons/blank.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="" width="32"></td> <td><A href="genindex.html"><img src="../icons/index.gif" border="0" height="32" alt="Index" width="32"></A></td> </tr></table> <b class="navlabel">Previous:</b> <a class="sectref" href="module-future.html">A.2 __future__ </A> <b class="navlabel">Up:</b> <a class="sectref" href="futures.html">A. Future statements and</A> <b class="navlabel">Next:</b> <a class="sectref" href="definitions.html">A.3.1 Definitions and rules</A> <hr> <span class="release-info">Release 2.2, documentation updated on December 21, 2001.</span> </DIV> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> See <i><a href="about.html">About this document...</a></i> for information on suggesting changes. </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>
