Steve, Thanks, I knew about that but my question is why is it not working consistently?
Joe "Steven Bethard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Joe wrote: >> Isn't this a bug? >> >> Here's the test program: >> >> import code >> >> def test_func(): >> lv = 1 >> print '\n\nBEFORE lv: %s\n' % (lv) >> code.interact(local=locals()) >> print '\n\nAFTER lv: %s\n' % (lv) >> return > > Check the documentation for locals() [1]: > > "Update and return a dictionary representing the current local symbol > table. Warning: The contents of this dictionary should not be modified; > changes may not affect the values of local variables used by the > interpreter." > > So if you change things in the dictionary returned by locals() you won't > actually change the local variables. > > STeVe > > [1] http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-45 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
