On Tue, Dec 17, 2013 at 04:52:25PM +0100, spir wrote: > Hello, > > is it at all possible to set new vars (or any symbol) into an existing > scope (typically locals())?
In general, no. The only time that writing to locals() is guaranteed to work is when you are in the top-level scope and locals returns the same dict as globals(). > scope[name] = value > raises by me an error like: > TypeError: 'mappingproxy' object does not support item assignment > > I guess 'mappingproxy' is the implementation name of a scope (here, local), I cannot reproduce locals() returning a mappingproxy. What version of Python are you using, and how did you generate scope? -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
