On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:22:17 -0700, Peter wrote: > I checked help on execfile and could only find the following > (mystifying) sentence: > > "execfile() cannot be used reliably to modify a function’s locals."
What is mystifying about it? It's short and clear -- execfile cannot be used to reliably modify a function's local variables. The *reason* why this is so is complicated, but the fact that it is so is plain and simple, as you already discovered. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
