In article <mailman.127.1278023557.1673.python-l...@python.org>, Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >Aahz wrote: >> In article <mailman.2365.1277844243.32709.python-l...@python.org>, >> Ethan Furman <et...@stoneleaf.us> wrote: >>> Stephen Hansen wrote: >>>> On 6/29/10 10:01 AM, Ethan Furman wrote: >>>>> In the glossary section it states: >>>>> >>>>> <doc> >>>>> nested scope >>>>> >>>>> The ability to refer to a variable in an enclosing definition. For >>>>> instance, a function defined inside another function can refer to >>>>> variables in the outer function. Note that nested scopes work only for >>>>> reference and not for assignment which will always write to the >>>>> innermost scope. In contrast, local variables both read and write in the >>>>> innermost scope. Likewise, global variables read and write to the global >>>>> namespace. >>>>> </doc> >>>>> >>>>> Doesn't the nonlocal keyword make variables in outer scopes writable? >>>> Yes. I'd submit a doc bug. >>> Bug submitted. >> >> For the benefit of people following along at home, it's nice to provide >> the URL to the ticket. > >Hmmm.... Well, as this is my first ever bug post (yay! ;) I *think* >this is what you want: > >http://bugs.python.org/issue9121
Congrats! And it's already marked closed! ;-) -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you don't know what your program is supposed to do, you'd better not start writing it." --Dijkstra -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
