Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3

From	Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject	Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3
Date	2015-01-13 09:25 -0500
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On Tue, 13 Jan 2015 04:51:19 -0800 (PST), stephen.boulet@gmail.com
declaimed the following:

>I'm a bit confused why in the second case x is not [1,2,3]:
>
>x = []
>
>def y():
>    x.append(1)

	MODIFY contents of object identified by the name "x"; "x" is not a
local name, search module (global) level to find it.

>
>def z():
>    x = [1,2,3]

	Create an anonymous list containing three elements; attach the LOCAL
name "x" to that list; never looks at module "x:
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Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3 stephen.boulet@gmail.com - 2015-01-13 04:51 -0800
  Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3 Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2015-01-13 08:39 -0500
  Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3 Laurent Pointal <laurent.pointal@laposte.net> - 2015-01-13 14:43 +0100
  Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3 mortoxa <mortoxa@gmx.com> - 2015-01-14 00:49 +1100
  Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3 Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-01-13 09:25 -0500

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