Op 2005-11-03, venk schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > hey, > did u read my reply fully? i too feel that this matter of raising > unbound local error in one case and not raising it in the other must be > analysed...
Yes, it seems I didn't respond to your satisfaction, but since you don't provide details I can't clarify. > quoting from the documentation > "If a name binding operation occurs anywhere within a code block, all > uses of the name within the block are treated as references to the > current block. This can lead to errors when a name is used within a > block before it is bound. This rule is subtle. Python lacks > declarations and allows name binding operations to occur anywhere > within a code block. The local variables of a code block can be > determined by scanning the entire text of the block for name binding > operations." Well I wonder. Would the following code be considered a name binding operation: b.a = 5 -- Antoon Pardon -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list