Show HN: Localscope–Limit scope of Python functions for reproducible execution

localscope is a small Python package that disassembles functions to check if they access global variables they shouldn't. I wrote this a few years ago to detect scope bugs which are common in Jupyter notebooks. It's recently come in handy writing jax code (https://github.com/jax-ml/jax) because it requires pure functions. Thought I'd share. Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43390823 Points: 11 # Comments: 2

Mar 17, 2025 - 18:51
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localscope is a small Python package that disassembles functions to check if they access global variables they shouldn't. I wrote this a few years ago to detect scope bugs which are common in Jupyter notebooks. It's recently come in handy writing jax code (https://github.com/jax-ml/jax) because it requires pure functions. Thought I'd share.


Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43390823

Points: 11

# Comments: 2