On May 9, 8:25 am, Viktor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can somebody give me an explanation what happened here (or point me to > some docs)? > > Code: > > HMMM = None > > def w(fn): > print 'fn:', id(fn) > HMMM = fn > print 'HMMM:', id(HMMM) > def wrapper(*v, **kw): > fn(*v, **kw) > wrapper.i = fn > print 'wrapper:', id(wrapper) > return wrapper > > class A: > @w > def __init__(self): pass > > print 'A.__init__:', id(A.__init__) > print 'A.__init__.i:', id(A.__init__.i) > print 'HMMM:', id(HMMM) > > Output: > > fn: 10404208 > HMMM: 10404208 > wrapper: 10404272 > A.__init__: 10376136 > A.__init__.i: 10404208 > HMMM: 505264624 > > Why did HMMM changed his id?!
The HMMM inside w is local to that function and is not the same HMMM that is defined just before w. Have a look at http://docs.python.org/ref/global.html cheers -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
