On 22 June 2013 19:24, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > * If you assign to a name (e.g. "spam = 42") anywhere inside the body of a > function, then that name is treated as a local variable, which is a fast > lookup. > > * Otherwise, it is treated as unknown scope, and Python will search nesting > functions (if any), globals, and finally builtins for the name.
What about class variables instead of globals?, I put this in the my lazy typer module, maker.py, which works fine to persist the numbers between function calls so I can increment them: class count: dict = list = set = tuple = 0 then I use count.dict += 1 , etc. Would that restrict python from an upward search, or am I dreaming? And yes, I got rid of the Basic-style names D1, D2. The program now converts numbers to human-names up to dict_ninety_nine = , for instance. And no, I didn't type ninety_nine dictionary entries to do that. I'm too lazy a typer ;') -- Jim Resistance is futile, but running away is often surprisingly effective. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor