setting variables in outer functions

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

brad a écrit :
> Tommy Nordgren wrote:
> 
>>> def outer(avar=False):
>>>      print avar
>>>      if avar == True:
>>>          return
>>>
>>>      def inner(avar=True):
>>>          print avar
>>>          return avar
>>>
>>>      outer(inner())
>>>
>>> outer()
> 
> 
>>     This is not a general solution to this problem.
> 
> 
> Run my example code, it works (if I'm understanding your question 
> correctly). It sets outer to True... inner returns True to outer and 
> thus the var is set... am I missing something?

Yes: you forgot to rebind avar in inner and check the result in outer.