[Python-Dev] replacing 'global'

Sun Oct 26 07:04:58 EST 2003

>>>>> "Just" == Just van Rossum <just at letterror.com> writes:

 Just> Skip Montanaro wrote:
 >> >> * Would you be required to use := at each assignment or just
 >> >> the first?
 >>
 Just> Just the first; "a = 2" still means "a is local to this scope".
 >>
 >> That seems like a very subtle error waiting to happen...
 Just> Since I said the wrong thing, I'm not sure how to respond to
 Just> this... Do you still feel the same way with my corrected reply?
Nope.
Skip