Can we make a local variable in a function as global variable???

[Collin Stocks]

Then name it something else. I tend to chose "this" because it is a
meaningless name that would not tend to be used for anything else. I would
have used "self", except that that tends to be used inside classes. My
inspiration for coming up with this is to make modules a little more like
classes. I suppose you wouldn't like me to post my own (somewhat buggy)
module that allows you to import modules as new type classes?

On 4/5/07, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:
>
> Collin Stocks wrote:
> > As for me, I find this problem annoying, but easy to solve. My solution
> is:
> >
> >  >>> this=__import__(__name__)
> >
> > To  set global variable spam to 4, I say:
> >
> >  >>> this.spam=4
> >
> > This always works, and is much more convenient than:
> >
> >  >>> global spam
> >  >>> spam=4
> >
> > and then worry about local variables also named spam.
> >
> That's truly horrible. And what if you have a local variable called
> "this"?
>
> regards
>   Steve
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