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On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 5:15:09 PM UTC-7, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:24:30 -0700, David wrote:
> 
> > First, you should be getting an error on 
> > vars()[var] = Button(f3, text = "00", bg = "white")
> > as vars() has not been declared
> 
> The Fine Manual says differently:
> 
> Python 2:
> http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#vars
> 
> Python 3:
> http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/functions.html#vars
> 
> 
> > and it does not appear to be valid Python syntax.
> 
> It's perfectly fine syntax, no different from:
> 
> my_dict['spam'] = 'a yummy ham-like substance'
> 
> or similar.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Steven

"as vars() has not been declared and it does not appear to be valid Python syntax"

You assume too much IMHO.  Vars() was not declared in the code provided and I do not think that we should be assuming that it is a function returning a dictionary instead of an error.  Just my opinion.

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Question:Programming a game grid ... iconoclast011 <iconoclast011@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 17:21 -0500
  Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... David <dwblas@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 16:24 -0700
    Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 09:35 +1000
    Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-06-28 09:37 +1000
    Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-28 00:15 +0000
      Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... woooee@gmail.com - 2012-06-27 19:15 -0700
        Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 19:43 -0700
          Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... iconoclast011 <iconoclast011@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 21:59 -0500
            Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-06-28 02:08 -0400
          Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Temia Eszteri <lamialily@cleverpun.com> - 2012-06-27 20:03 -0700
        Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-06-28 04:39 +0000
  Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-06-28 00:43 +0100
  Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... alex23 <wuwei23@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 17:31 -0700
  Re: Question:Programming a game grid ... Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-06-27 21:04 -0700

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