Namespace issues...

[Aahz]

In article <d1253dfc.0402140259.3b614b95 at posting.google.com>,
cghost <phreacker at aol.com> wrote:
>
>i am very confused...why does the following script modify the global list "l":
>
>l=[]
>def x():
>   l.append("xyz")
>x()
>print l
>
>but the same script applied to a single variable doesnt..:
>
>l="moe"
>def x():
>   l+="howdy"
>x()
>print l

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