Guido: > def f(): > print x # user thinks this should print the global > # 2000 lines of unrelated code > for x in "some sequence": # doesn't realize this overrides x > do_something_with(x) Perhaps a warning could be issued if the first reference to a local textually precedes the first assignment to it? Would that help catch things like this, without complaining about too much existing code? Greg Ewing, Computer Science Dept, +--------------------------------------+ University of Canterbury, | A citizen of NewZealandCorp, a | Christchurch, New Zealand | wholly-owned subsidiary of USA Inc. | greg@cosc.canterbury.ac.nz +--------------------------------------+
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