Luis M. González a écrit :
(snip)
Alright, this is what the docs say about locals:
"Note
The built-in functions globals() and locals() return the current
global and local dictionary, respectively, which may be useful to pass
around for use as the second and third argument to exec().
Note
The default locals act as described for function locals() below:
modifications to the default locals dictionary should not be
attempted. Pass an explicit locals dictionary if you need to see
effects of the code on locals after function exec() returns."
I wonder why updating locals(), not from within a function, works (at
least in my interactive session).
Because at the top level, locals and globals are the same thing.
And what about the trick of updating globals? Is it legal?
It's legal, but it's (usually) a very bad idea - at the top-level, it
harms readability, and from within a function it's doubly bad
(readibility + "globals are evil").
Now as usual with GoldenRules(tm), it's meant to be broken - once you do
know why you shouldn't _usually_ do it.
for the very same reasons global
If not, is
there any "legal" way to do what the OP needs?
Luis
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