Re: A syntax question

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Subject	Re: A syntax question
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On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 9:54 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Joel Goldstick
> <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Your problem is that count is not local.  You are reading count from
>> an outer scope.  When you try to increment count in your function, it
>> can't because it doesn't exist.
>> Don't use globals.
>
> False analysis, I'm afraid. The problem is that the assignment will,
> in the absence of a "global" declaration, cause the name "count" to
> indicate a local variable - so it won't ever be read from outer scope.
> However, the OP's issue is better solved by sharing tracebacks than by
> us peering into crystal balls; mine's showing a very clear image at
> the moment, but it might well be incorrect.
>
> ChrisA
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Interesting.  Thanks for pointing that out


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Joel Goldstick
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    Re: A syntax question Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-10 20:08 +0000
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  Re: A syntax question Wolfgang Maier <wolfgang.maier@biologie.uni-freiburg.de> - 2014-11-10 12:39 +0100
  Re: A syntax question Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 09:35 -0500
  Re: A syntax question Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-11 01:54 +1100
  Re: A syntax question Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2014-11-10 16:10 +0100
  Re: A syntax question Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-10 10:27 -0500

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