Stuff I wish that Python had

• The ability to introduce a new scope when binding something

  I really want to be able to make local bindings when assigning to a variable without polluting the outer scope. For example, I want to be able to do the equivalent of

  let x = y ^ 2
      where y = 2 * p + 6

  (where p is from an outer scope). It turns out there’s a PEP for this: PEP 3150.

• I want to be able to define anonymous functions that are more than a single expression.