A newbie quesiton: local variable in a nested funciton

[Ben Finney]

jfong at ms4.hinet.net writes:

> Thank you, Ben. It's amazing that you seem to know every piece of
> Python information hiding in the web:-)

You're welcome, I'm glad to help. As for the “hiding”, the answer is in
the Python documentation itself.

> see this question listed in python core language's Q&A makes me feel
> better for I am not the only one who commit this kind of crime.

Never feel embarrassed of not knowing something; we should all be active
on the edge of our own ignorance. The embarrassment would be in not
seeking to improve our understanding.

> I should read this Q&A throughly before going any further.

Searching in the official documentation, and in archives of community
forums, is an essential skill to learn for a programmer. I wish you good
fortune in improving that skill :-)

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 \      “Nothing is more sacred than the facts.” —Sam Harris, _The End |
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Ben Finney