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Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries

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On 2012-10-09, Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> wrote:

> Welcome to python -- this is a trap every newbie falls into ;)
>
> Seriously, you shouldn't use the main script as a library;

There must be something wrong with me.  It never even occurred to me
to try to import a file from within that same file.  I don't think
I've ever even heard of that before...

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surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Michele Simionato <michele.simionato@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 08:08 -0700
  Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-09 17:24 +0200
    Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Michele Simionato <michele.simionato@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 08:36 -0700
      Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-10-09 12:10 -0400
    Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Michele Simionato <michele.simionato@gmail.com> - 2012-10-09 08:36 -0700
    Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-10-09 15:53 +0000
      Re: surprising behaviour of global dictionaries Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2012-10-09 19:45 +0200

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