Assignments and globals

[Peter Schneider-Kamp]

echuck3 at my-deja.com wrote:
> 
> settings = { 'x': {},  'y': {} }
> class K:
>     def foo(self):
          global settings
>         settings = settings['x']
> K().foo()

If you insert a "global settings" before accessing the global
variable, everythin will work fine.

> Is there a good reason for this? Is it even a design point, or an
> accident of implementation? I wonder if JPython has this problem.

Well, as far as I can see this could be either an error or
what you meant. Python refuses to guess.

For a more detailed view have a look at

http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/2902/fid/241
and
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge-base/view.phtml/aid/4722/fid/241

Peter
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