jacksonhaenc...@gmail.com writes: > This is not accurate. I just tested this in python3 and using the global > keyword allowed me to declare a variable inside the function that was > then visible from the outer scope.
What do you mean by that? Anything other than what was said here? > On Tuesday, September 13, 2016 at 6:50:39 AM UTC-5, dieter wrote: >> In order to define "VVV", you must assign a value to it -- either >> directly in the "global" (i.e. module) namespace or in your function >> (together with a "global VVV" declaration). Without assignment the variable will not exist in the module namespace: >>> def testfunc(): ... global globvar ... pass ... >>> globvar Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'globvar' is not defined >>> testfunc() >>> globvar Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'globvar' is not defined >>> def testfunc(): ... global globvar ... globvar = 1 ... >>> globvar Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> NameError: name 'globvar' is not defined >>> testfunc() >>> globvar 1 -- Pieter van Oostrum www: http://pieter.vanoostrum.org/ PGP key: [8DAE142BE17999C4] -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
