[Python-Dev] global variable modification in functions [Re: elimination of scope bleeding of iteration variables]

Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Mon May 1 14:32:35 CEST 2006


On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 10:47:07PM -0500, Ben Wing wrote:
> foo = 1
> 
> def set_foo():
>   foo = 2

   PyLint gives a warning here "local foo shadows global variable".

Oleg.
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