Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 09 May 2007 06:50:38 -0000, "James T. Dennis"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
>> In fact I realized, after reading through tempfile.py in /usr/lib/...
>> that the following also doesn't "work" like I'd expect:
>>
> No idea of the tempfile problem, but...
>
>> # foo.py
>> tst = "foo"
>> def getTst(arg):
>> return "foo-%s" % arg
> This return is using a literal "foo-". Change it to
> return "%s-%s" % (tst, arg)
Sorry that was a retyping bug in my posting ... not in
my sample code which was on another system.
> and try again.
Try it yourself. As I said ... the value of tst in your
name space will be changed, but the value returned by functions
in the imported module will still use the old value!
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