"jena" wrote: > I have code > > # BEGIN CODE > def test(): > def x(): > print a > a=2 # *** > > a=1 > x() > print a > > test() > # END CODE > > This code fails (on statement print a in def x), if I omit line marked > ***, it works (it prints 1\n1\n). It look like when I assign variable in > nested function, I cannot access variable in container function. > I need to assign variable in container function, is any way to do this?
no. see "Rebinding names in enclosing scopes" in the design document for a discussion (and a workaround): http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0227.html </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list