scope, function, mutable

[Duncan Booth]

Thomas Bach <thbach at students.uni-mainz.de> wrote:

> Put that code in e.g. file.py and run
> 
> python -m pdb file.py
> 
> this will drop you off in the debugger. Step through your code line by
> line (using ƒ ~sƒ T) and see how the function calls affect your list
> (e.g. via ƒ ~print xƒ T/ƒ ~print tƒ T). If this confuses you furtherƒ
> Ý Well, tell me that my autodidact methodology did not work out at all
> and ask again. ;)

For an example this simple an even better option is to go to 
http://www.pythontutor.com/visualize.html, paste the code into the web page 
and step through it.

Or even just go to http://tinyurl.com/camh9cb to have it pre-populated with 
this code sample.

-- 
Duncan Booth http://kupuguy.blogspot.com