I'm sure I am not the first person to say this, but how about: global x = 12
(In other words, declare a global and assign a value to it - or another way of saying it is that the 'global' keyword acts as an assignment modifier.) -- Talin _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com