newbie-question: Nested functions and variable scope

[Emile van Sebille]

Leonardo:
> If I put "in_reply" outside everything and use "global in_reply"
> inside each nested function, it works, but that's evil! What would be
> a better way of doing it? Do I need to use a class?

Take a look at nested_scopes:

ActivePython 2.1, build 210 ActiveState)
based on Python 2.1 (#15, Apr 19 2001, 10:28:27) [MSC 32 bit (Intel)] on
win32
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>>> def level1():
...     ir = 1
...     def lvl2b():
...             print ir
...
<stdin>:1: SyntaxWarning: local name 'ir' in 'level1' shadows use of
'ir' as glo
bal in nested scope 'lvl2b'
>>> from __future__ import nested_scopes
>>> def level1():
...     ir = 1
...     def lvl2b():
...             print ir
...


HTH,

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Emile van Sebille
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