python dynamic scoping question

[Greg Krohn ('rot-13')]

"Julia Goolia" <juliagoolia301 at hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I have a question regarding scoping in python.  I wish to have some
> mechanism which puts variables at a function level scope into the
> global scope, dynamically.  I cannot alter my design.
>
> For example, I want this to work:
>
> def f():
>   def g():
>     x = 5
>   g()
>   print x
> f()
>
> I want to be able to see x in f, event though it was assigned in a
> lower scope, g.
>
> Thank you for your time.

>From the docs:

globals() - Return a dictionary representing the current global symbol
table. This is always the dictionary of the current module (inside a
function or method, this is the module where it is defined, not the module
from which it is called).

>>> def f():
...   def g():
...     x = 5
...     globals()['x'] = 5
...   g()
...   print x
...
>>> f()
5


Cool?

greg