On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Shabda Raaj <shabda at agiliq.com> wrote: > > A variable is either local or global. It is decided at the compile time. > > Erm, compile? > well, you may call it module/script load time. But python compiles the code and generates bytecode before executing it. $ file a.pyc a.pyc: python 2.6 byte-compiled Anand