variable refences for nested functions

[Terry Reedy]

<thephoenix235 at gmx.net> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> As I understand it, a nested function can access the local variables
of the
> enclosing function.

As you discovered, it can read but not write.

> anyone have a better workaround?

You have the right idea: make enclosing function var mutable.  Besides
'class'ing it (a bit too heavy duty for most purposes, you can also
wrap it as a list.  For multiple vars, use a list of appropriate
length.  Or use a dict for name instead of positional access.

Terry J. Reedy