"John Morris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > So this seems like it will make scope/namespaces a bit > interesting...
namespaces in python are literally that, they are spaces where *names* are visible. Objects are something else entirely and assignment only pins a name to an object. So in Python namespaces contriol where you can use a name, not where you can use an object. def f(y): return y+1 x = 66 print f(x) y is a name that is only visible inside f. 66 is a number object associated with x and passed into f where it is associated with y. The number object inside f is the same object outside f only the name has changed.The return value is a new number object (67 in this case). HTH, -- Alan Gauld Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
