object scope

[J. Peng]

J. Peng 写道:
> Please see the code below,what's the scope for object "name"?
> I thought it should be located in the while block, but it seems not
> really,it can be accessed out of while (the db[name] statement).Thanks
> in advance.
> 
> 

sorry the before code seems be disordered,re-posted it.

db = {}
def newuser():
   prompt = 'login desired: '
   while 1:
     name = raw_input(prompt)
     if db.has_key(name):
       prompt = 'name taken, try another: '
       continue
     else:
       break
   pwd = raw_input('passwd: ')
   db[name] = pwd