On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 12:05 PM, MRAB <goo...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Chris Rebert wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 11:39 AM, Eric Snow <es...@verio.net> wrote: >>> >>> I was reading in the documentation about __del__ and have a couple of >>> questions. Here is what I was looking at: >>> >>> http://docs.python.org/reference/datamodel.html#object.__del__ >>> >>> What is globals referring to in the following text from that reference >>> page? >> >> Globals are variables that have toplevel module scope. Basically, any >> assignments, function definitions, or class definitions with no >> indentation from the left margin will create a global variable. If you >> can get at the variable by appending something of the form >> "\nSomeIdentifierHere\n" to the module's file, and it's not a built-in >> function, then it's a global. >> > Actually, the amount of indentation doesn't matter. What matters is whether > it's within a 'def' or 'class' statement or not.
Yes, but those do require you *to indent* (though so do while & if for that matter); I just couldn't seem to come up with a better description of the rule at the time. But you are correct and yours is a much better description of the rule. Cheers, Chris -- Follow the path of the Iguana... http://rebertia.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
