Please consider that example: Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> s = 'foo' >>> f = lambda x: s >>> f(None) 'foo' >>> s = 'bar' >>> f(None) 'bar' >>> del(s) >>> f(None) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? File "<stdin>", line 1, in <lambda> NameError: global name 's' is not defined
It seems to me, that f is referencing the name s instead of the string object bound to it i would expect the analogous behaviour to the following example: Python 2.4.3 (#69, Mar 29 2006, 17:35:34) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> s = 'foo' >>> f = s >>> f 'foo' >>> s = 'bar' >>> f 'foo' I could work around this but I am interested why there is that difference. Leonhard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
