Defining Setter/Getter for an unparented local variable: impossible?

Question

There\'s a few previous questions on StackOverflow questioning how one goes about accessing local variables via the scope chain, like if you wanted to reference a local vari

Answer 1

It looks like the answer is No. I have been searching for behavior like this for quite a while. I have not been able to come up with any passable solution. This SO question seems similar. Python has the nice locals keyword.