[Tutor] scoping oddity

[Michael.Coll-Barth@VerizonWireless.com]

Tanja, Bob, Brian,

Many thanks for your help.  

And perhaps the way in which I posed the question was misleading.  In a
process I am writing, I was actually trying not to use global variables, as
I agree with Brian.  However, I inadvertantly used a variable within a 'def'
block that I had used outside of that 'def' block and got 'bitten'.  It was
in tracking my bug down that I became a tad confused.  

Actually, now that I know the answer, it all seems so obvious.  At least
until I get bitten by it again!  D'OH!

Michael



-----Original Message-----
Behalf Of Brian van den Broek

>>
>> > def testb(astr):
>> >      x = x - 1
>> >      print astr, x
>>

global will indeed fix that, yes. But, I've been lead to believe that one's
first thought when tempted to write a global statement should be to reflect
on whether that temptation isn't the symptom of a sub-optimal design. 
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