On 28/08/13 03:58, leam hall wrote:
Could use some help with this. Python 2.4.3 on RHEL 5.x.In the functions file that gets imported: def append_customer(line_list): global customers
Globals are not "globally global", they are global to the module. Otherwise variables defined in module X would stomp all over variables defined in module Y, unpredictably depending on the order than modules were imported.
In the calling file: import functions import sys customers = []
This cannot work, because it belongs to a different namespace (module). Just pass customers as an explicit parameter to append_customer, and then google for "Global variables considered harmful". If you absolutely must emulate COBOL programmers of the 1970s and insist on using globals, write: functions.customers = [] instead. -- Steven _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
