Re: global variable not working inside function. Increment

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Date	Mon, 13 May 2013 17:07:41 +0200 (CEST)
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> Thank You for setting that straight. I'm just learning Python and
> NONE of the tutorials I read said anything about that . In fact they
> all say a global can be called from inside a Function. If possible
> please contact the ppl that write these things.....I've heard of
> Ocam's razor but not Hanlon's???
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> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

It's covered by this one:
http://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/classes.html#python-scopes-and-namespaces

It's flagged as a quirk python behavior, and probably could afford a code sample, it can be difficult to grasp from the formal description.

JM


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Re: global variable not working inside function. Increment Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2013-05-13 17:07 +0200

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