Index: Python/newcompile.c
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Python/Attic/newcompile.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.2.107
diff -u -w -r1.1.2.107 newcompile.c
--- Python/newcompile.c	15 Apr 2005 01:49:23 -0000	1.1.2.107
+++ Python/newcompile.c	28 May 2005 10:31:45 -0000
@@ -1380,6 +1380,29 @@
 }
 
 static int
+compiler_arguments(struct compiler *c, arguments_ty args)
+{
+	int i;
+	int n = asdl_seq_LEN(args->args);
+	/* Correctly handle nested argument lists */
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+		expr_ty arg = asdl_seq_GET(args->args, i);
+		if (arg->kind == Tuple_kind) {
+			PyObject *id = PyString_FromFormat(".%d", i);
+			if (id == NULL) {
+				return 0;
+			}
+			if (!compiler_nameop(c, id, Load)) {
+				Py_DECREF(id);
+				return 0;
+			}
+			Py_DECREF(id);
+                	VISIT(c, expr, arg);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+static int
 compiler_function(struct compiler *c, stmt_ty s)
 {
 	PyCodeObject *co;
@@ -1407,21 +1430,7 @@
             return 0;
 
         /* unpack nested arguments */
-	n = asdl_seq_LEN(args->args);
-        for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
-            expr_ty arg = asdl_seq_GET(args->args, i);
-            if (arg->kind == Tuple_kind) {
-                PyObject *id = PyString_FromFormat(".%d", i);
-                if (id == NULL)
-			return 0;
-		if (!compiler_nameop(c, id, Load)) {
-			Py_DECREF(id);
-			return 0;
-		}
-		Py_DECREF(id);
-                VISIT(c, expr, arg);
-            }
-        }
+	compiler_arguments(c, args);
 
 	c->u->u_argcount = asdl_seq_LEN(args->args);
 	n = asdl_seq_LEN(s->v.FunctionDef.body);
@@ -1513,6 +1522,10 @@
 		VISIT_SEQ(c, expr, args->defaults);
 	if (!compiler_enter_scope(c, name, (void *)e, c->u->u_lineno))
 		return 0;
+		
+        /* unpack nested arguments */
+	compiler_arguments(c, args);
+	
 	c->u->u_argcount = asdl_seq_LEN(args->args);
 	VISIT(c, expr, e->v.Lambda.body);
 	ADDOP(c, RETURN_VALUE);