Global confusion

[skaller]

David Ascher wrote:
[global directive]

> Side note 2: JPython does something else altogether.

Can you elaborate please?

> Side note 3: Since you do want to modify the global variable, adding the
>              global declaration is the right thing to do.

	There is a better technique, not requiring 'global' ,
which even Guido dislikes: use a module level class instance,
and assign to an attribute of it: one level of indirection defeats the
localisation:

	class X(): pass
	x = X()
	def f(y):
		x.y =1 # assign to attribute of global instance


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