variable declaration

[Thomas Bartkus]

"Michael Tobis" <mt at 3planes.com> wrote in message
news:1107290630.115616.322680 at z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...
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> Since I'm very much a believer in Python as a beginner's language, that
> doesn't satisfy me. "Declarations are impractical" would satisfy me,
> but so far I'm not completely convinced of that.
>

As has been pointed out, it's not a big deal for a programmer who's been
there, done that. But the original posters example is a beginners trap for
certain.

*If* Python were a "beginners language", then it would be missing one of
it's training wheels.
Thomas Bartkus