Oct. 25, 2003
10:20 p.m.
One thing that I've always wondered about, why can't one do:
def reset_foo(): global foo = [] # declare as global and do assignment
Nothing deep -- it just never occurred to me. I was mimicking ABC's "SHARE foo", which doesn't have this because its syntax for assignment is the more verbose "PUT value IN variable". I don't think it'll entice Alex though. :-) --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)