Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:

Yes, that's exactly right. That's how local variables work in Python:

x = 999  # global x
def demo():
   if False:
       x = 1
   x  # local x has no value

does the same thing. This is standard, documented behaviour, regardless 
of which kind of assignment statement you use.

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