is this a valid import sequence ?

Stef Mientki S.Mientki-nospam at mailbox.kun.nl
Sat Jun 23 15:12:48 EDT 2007


Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, 23 Jun 2007 11:03:03 -0700, Scott David Daniels wrote:
> 
>> The global statement in Write_LCD_Data is completely unnecessary.  The
>> only time you need "global" is if you want to reassociate the global
>> name to another object (such as LCD = LCD + 1 or whatever).
> 
> That's technically true, but declaring it with global makes the code
> self-documenting and therefore easier to read.
> 
> It's never _wrong_ to use the global statement, even if it is strictly
> unnecessary for the Python compiler.
> 
> 
Although I'm not an expert,
I guess you're both right.

thanks and cheers,
Stef Mientki



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