Wadda ya mean it's not defined? Impossible Error?

[Remco Gerlich]

David Gilbert <dgilbert at dsl.ca> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> I'm getting what appears to be an impossible error.  Here's a code
> snippet:
> 
> def parseLogs(paths, custs):
> 
>     ipfRecord = re.compile("^([0-9]+)[  ]+([0-9]+)[
> ]+([0-9a-z]+)([+-])")
> 
>     last = {}
>     for i in range(len(paths)):             # Create start times
>         ... and so on.
> 
> Here's the error snippet:
> 
>   File "../devel/ditty/bandsaw2.py", line 37, in parseLogs
>     for i in range(len(paths)):             # Create start times
> UnboundLocalError: local variable 'paths' referenced before assignment

I don't get the error. You probably had a typo in the file when you tried it
(misspelled the first paths?).

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Remco Gerlich