Oh thank you for pointing that out Fredrik, you made the case more clear:) On Nov 11, 7:19 pm, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Camellia wrote: > > Oh how can I thank you enough, you make my day:) > > According to what you said I finally figure it out, it is the same as: > > > <code> > > b = 1 > > def a(): > > b = b #no good:) > > </code>if you really want to modify a variable that lives outside the > > function, > you can use the "global" directive: > > http://effbot.org/pyfaq/how-do-you-set-a-global-variable-in-a-functio... > > > So in every day programming I should avoid using the same name for > > different types of objects because they will step on each other, > > right? > > if you want to distinguish between things, giving them distinct names is > always a good idea. > > </F>
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