On 30.03.2018 16:46, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >> Yup, but why? I mean, at the point of definition of "z", the only >> definition of "collections" that would be visible to the code would be >> the globally imported module, would it not? How can the code know of the >> local declaration that only comes *after*? > > Why questions can be hard. The language definition says what's supposed > to happen. Is that enough of an answer to why?
Absolutely. Don't get me wrong, I dont't doubt either the correctness of your answer nor question the design choice. I just found it surprising and cool. Thanks for clearing it up. Cheers, Joe -- >> Wo hattest Du das Beben nochmal GENAU vorhergesagt? > Zumindest nicht öffentlich! Ah, der neueste und bis heute genialste Streich unsere großen Kosmologen: Die Geheim-Vorhersage. - Karl Kaos über Rüdiger Thomas in dsa <hidbv3$om2$1...@speranza.aioe.org> -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list