[Python-Dev] replacing 'global'

[Skip Montanaro]

>>>>> "Just" == Just van Rossum <just at letterror.com> writes:

    Just> Skip Montanaro wrote:
    >> >> * Would you be required to use := at each assignment or just
    >> >> the first?
    >>
    Just> Just the first; "a = 2" still means "a is local to this scope".
    >>
    >> That seems like a very subtle error waiting to happen...

    Just> Since I said the wrong thing, I'm not sure how to respond to
    Just> this... Do you still feel the same way with my corrected reply?

Nope.

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