Question:Programming a game grid ...

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On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:15:09 PM UTC-7, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:24:30 -0700, David wrote:
> 
> > First, you should be getting an error on 
> > vars()[var] = Button(f3, text = "00", bg = "white")
> > as vars() has not been declared
> 
> The Fine Manual says differently:
> 
> Python 2:
> http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#vars
> 
> Python 3:
> http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/functions.html#vars
> 
> 
> > and it does not appear to be valid Python syntax.
> 
> It's perfectly fine syntax, no different from:
> 
> my_dict['spam'] = 'a yummy ham-like substance'
> 
> or similar.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steven

"as vars() has not been declared and it does not appear to be valid Python syntax"

You assume too much IMHO.  Vars() was not declared in the code provided and I do not think that we should be assuming that it is a function returning a dictionary instead of an error.  Just my opinion.