stupid simple scope issue

2013-08-04 Thread JohnD
After 5 year of no Python programming I decided that I needed to brush up my skills. Started writing on a reasonably complicated problem. Unfortunately my basic Python skill are gone. I present the bare-bore problem. This code does not produce the expected result: can anyone tell me why? As you wi

Re: stupid simple scope issue

2013-08-04 Thread JohnD
On 2013-08-04, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] Thank you very much. The dust is slowly starting to move. The code posted is nothing like the real thing, but I tried to capture the essence. >From your commants I think I see my mistake. Thank you very much for your reply! -- http://mail.python.org/m

Re: stupid simple scope issue

2013-08-05 Thread JohnD
On 2013-08-04, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 8:21 PM, JohnD wrote: >> On 2013-08-04, Chris Angelico wrote: [...] > > Python does have a slightly odd (compared to other languages) > interpretation of "variable assignments" (name bindings, really) >