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Subject: Re: Help understanding list operatoins inside functions in python 3
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:25:46 -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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