Scope (?) question

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:22:17 -0700, Peter wrote:

> I checked help on execfile and could only find the following
> (mystifying) sentence:
> 
> "execfile() cannot be used reliably to modify a function’s locals."

What is mystifying about it? It's short and clear -- execfile cannot be 
used to reliably modify a function's local variables.

The *reason* why this is so is complicated, but the fact that it is so is 
plain and simple, as you already discovered.



-- 
Steven