Hi, list... I wondered if it's possible to use global (module) variables as default parameters. A simple working example:
---------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/python globalvar = 123 def test(foo=globalvar): print foo test() ---------------------------------------- Running this script prints "123". That's what I expected. Now I'm trying the same thing in a module context. A non-working example: test.py ---------------------------------------- #!/usr/bin/python import TestModule TestModule.globalvar = 123 TestModule.def1() TestModule.def2() ---------------------------------------- TestModule.py ---------------------------------------- globalvar = 0 def def1(): print globalvar def def2(foo=globalvar): print foo ---------------------------------------- Running the test.py script prints "123" and "0". So accessing the globalvar in def1() works. But if I try to use the global variable as a default parameter in def2() it uses the default "0". What is the difference between these two? Are there contexts of default parameters? Thanks for any enlightenment. Christoph -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
