Variable scope inside and outside functions - global statement being overridden by assignation unless preceded by reference

[Thomas Passin]

On 3/6/2024 5:59 AM, Alan Gauld via Python-list wrote:
> On 05/03/2024 22:46, Grant Edwards via Python-list wrote:
>> Unfortunately (presumably thanks to SEO) the enshittification of
>> Google has reached the point where searching for info on things like
>> Python name scope, the first page of links are to worthless sites like
>> geeksforgeeks.
> And not just Google, I just tried bing, yahoo and duckduckgo
> and they are all the same. Not a one listed anything from
> python.org on the first page... In fact it didn't even appear
> in the first 100 listings, although wikipedia did manage an
> entry, eventually.

I don't know ... I just searched for "python local vs global variables" 
and a python.org page on it was the second hit. I usually use StartPage 
- who knows where they aggregate from - but the same search on Google 
and Bing also popped up the python.org link as the second hit.  As usual 
Bing was a nasty experience, though.

Still, if your search phrase isn't as well focused as that or you are 
less lucky, for sure you'll get all sorts of junk.