Thank you! ________________________________ From: Python-list <python-list-bounces+dpopov=anl....@python.org> on behalf of Greg Ewing via Python-list <python-list@python.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 8, 2024 3:56 AM To: python-list@python.org <python-list@python.org> Subject: Re: Use of statement 'global' in scripts.
On 8/05/24 1: 32 pm, Popov, Dmitry Yu wrote: > The statement 'global', indicating variables living in the global scope, is very suitable to be used in modules. I'm wondering whether in scripts, running at the top-level invocation of the interpreter, ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd On 8/05/24 1:32 pm, Popov, Dmitry Yu wrote: > The statement 'global', indicating variables living in the global scope, is > very suitable to be used in modules. I'm wondering whether in scripts, > running at the top-level invocation of the interpreter, statement 'global' is > used exactly the same way as in modules? The 'global' statement declares a name to be module-level, so there's no reason to use it at the top level of either a script or a module, since everything there is module-level anyway. You only need it if you want to assign to a module-level name from within a function, e.g. spam = 17 def f(): global spam spam = 42 f() # spam is now 42 A script is a module, so everything that applies to modules also applies to scripts. -- Greg -- https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!airWCCS1QeLAhk0AfN3VxhuV9MZkx80000YBhs5Vjf89K2WZPjhCUkXt9culFzwlX1_ON0G17lukcR79-kWAsA$ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
