Throw the cat among the pigeons

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, 6 May 2015 05:42 am, Cecil Westerhof wrote:

> I would say that a variable that is filled by a range is different as
> a normal variable. Do not ask me why. ;-)


I would say that you are wrong. If I have understood you correctly, that
cannot possibly be the case in Python, all Python variables work the same
way[1], and none of them can remember where they came from.






[1] Well, technically local variables and global variables are implemented
differently, locals inside a function use a C array and globals use a dict,
but apart from a few implementation details like that, any two variables in
the same scope[2] operate identically.

[2] Anyone who raises the issue of exec() or import * inside a function body
in Python 2 will be slapped with a halibut.

-- 
Steven