Counterintuitive Python behavior

[Michael Hudson]

Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> writes:

> > The next time a co-worker asks a assignment/binding/references
> > question I'm going to refer them to this message.
> 
> I was hoping more people than the OP would find it useful.  I'll
> probably knock up a version for my web pages (when the starship
> reappears...).

I should say that Alex's answer is well worth referring to too.  I
wonder if he would mind me incorporating it into aforementioned
webpage...

Cheers,
M.

-- 
  If a train station is a place where a train stops, what's a
  workstation?                            -- unknown (to me, at least)