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Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 14:33:18 -0800
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On 02/24/2013 12:58 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:34 AM, Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> wrote:
>>
>>    - no variable declarations, just use 'em
>
> Variable declarations can go either way; Python requires you to name
> all globals that you mutate

I'm not sure what you mean -- example?

--
~Ethan~