global and None

[Leo Yee]

Thanks a lot.
Now I think 'global' is just a namespace and how to use it.

Leo Yee

"Leo Yee" <surffirst at yahoo.com> дÈëÓʼþ news:bs8pvr$k7m$1 at sea.gmane.org...
> Hi,
>
> I was confused by the global statement and None.
> Consider the following code:
>
> --- code begin ---
>
> global g
> g=None
> def foo():
>     if g==None:
>         g=0
> foo()
>
> --- code end ---
>
> My purpose is to init g. This is very useful when we cannot construct a
> global variable.
> But what I got was:
> UnboundLocalError: local variable 'g' referenced before assignment
>
> So I try to solve the problem in this way:
> --- code begin ---
>
> global g
> g=None
> def foo():
>     global g
>     if g==None:
>         g=0
> foo()
>
> --- code end ---
>
> And it works but the python documentation told me the following:
> "Names listed in a global statement must not be defined as formal
parameters
> or in a for loop control target, class definition, function definition, or
> import statement. "
>
> Does anyone know what I should do to solve this problem? Thanks in
advance.
>
> Leo Yee
>
>
>
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