syntax glitch with +=
Steven Taschuk
staschuk at telusplanet.net
Thu Feb 20 19:40:50 EST 2003
Quoth Irmen de Jong:
> David Eppstein wrote:
> > If L and M are lists, L += M is the same as L.extend(M), right?
> > Nope:
[...]
> You're getting
> UnboundLocalError: local variable 'l' referenced before assignment
> right? This error has nothing to do with a presumed difference
> between extend and +=, in this case.
But that is exactly the difference. Using += triggers the
"assigned-to variables are local" rule, while using .extend() does
not.
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