Implementation of the global statement

[Michael Hudson]

hungjunglu at yahoo.com (Hung Jung Lu) writes:

> Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> wrote in message news:<7h3adjvqgs4.fsf at pc150.maths.bris.ac.uk>...
> > hungjunglu at yahoo.com (Hung Jung Lu) writes:
> > > The global statement as in
> > >     ...
> > > is a directive to the parser. 
> > 
> > Well, compiler, really.
> 
> From Guido's Python Language Reference Manual, Section 6.13 The global
> statement:
> 
> "... Programmer's note: the global is a directive to the parser. It
> applies only to code parsed at the same time as the global statement.
> ..."

Just evidence that Guido isn't infallible :)

It's the compiler.  After all, it's the compiler that has to decide
whether to emit a LOAD_GLOBAL or a LOAD_FAST...

Cheers,
M.

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