[Python-Dev] global variable modification in functions [Re: elimination of scope bleeding of iteration variables] (original) (raw)

Oleg Broytmann phd at mail2.phd.pp.ru
Mon May 1 14:32:35 CEST 2006


On Sun, Apr 30, 2006 at 10:47:07PM -0500, Ben Wing wrote:

foo = 1

def setfoo(): foo = 2

PyLint gives a warning here "local foo shadows global variable".

Oleg.

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