variable declaration

[Steve Holden]

Thomas Bartkus wrote:

> "Carl Banks" <invalidemail at aerojockey.com> wrote in message
> news:1107205410.367521.50490 at f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...
> <snip>
> 
>>How common is it for a local variable to be bound in
>>more than one place within a function?
> 
> 
> How common?  It shouldn't happen at all and that was the point.

This seems a little excessive to me. Sample use case:

for something in lst:
   if type(something) != type(()):
     something = tuple(something)

regards
  Steve
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