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Update 'how do I set a global variable' faq entry #51539

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@bitdancer
bitdancer
opened on Nov 9, 2009
BPO 7290
Nosy @birkenfeld, @bitdancer
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  • UnboundLocalError-faq.patch
  • UnboundLocalError-faq.rst
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    assignee = 'https://github.com/birkenfeld'
closed_at = <Date 2009-11-10.19:00:32.392>
created_at = <Date 2009-11-09.03:53:14.388>
labels = ['type-feature', 'docs']
title = "Update 'how do I set a global variable' faq entry"
updated_at = <Date 2009-11-10.19:00:32.391>
user = 'https://github.com/bitdancer'

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    activity = <Date 2009-11-10.19:00:32.391>
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closed_date = <Date 2009-11-10.19:00:32.392>
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creation = <Date 2009-11-09.03:53:14.388>
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'accepted'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue7290'
versions = ['Python 2.6', 'Python 3.1', 'Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2']

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    1. bitdancer commented on Nov 9, 2009

      @bitdancer
      bitdancer
      on Nov 9, 2009
      MemberAuthor

      Someone else closed bpo-7276, but I was thinking of doing so but
      wanted to include a pointer to the relevant documentation. I'm not sure
      where that documentation is, but I figured there ought to be a FAQ entry
      for it. And there is, sort of...the first two sections of the
      programming faq's 'core language' section. However, I think that the
      way that most people run in to this problem is by getting the
      'UnboundLocalError', and so I think the FAQ entry title should mention
      that error. I attach a proposed update to the first section of the core
      language section of the programming FAQ. I'm also going to attach a
      copy of the complete entry since it is hard to read in the patch.

    2. bitdancer
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      birkenfeld
      on Nov 9, 2009
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      type-featureA feature request or enhancement
      on Nov 9, 2009

    4. olau commented on Nov 10, 2009

      @olau
      olaumannequin
      on Nov 10, 2009
      Mannequin

      As the reporter of bpo-7276, I think it's a clear explanation of this
      phenomonen. I think that maybe you should remove the "New Python
      programmers" in

      "New Python programmers are often surprised when they get this error in
      previously working code when they modify it by adding an assignment
      statement somewhere in the body of a function."

      so say something like

      "It can be a surprise to get this error in previously working code when it
      is modified by adding an assignment statement somewhere in a function
      body."

    5. bitdancer commented on Nov 10, 2009

      @bitdancer
      bitdancer
      on Nov 10, 2009
      MemberAuthor

      Committed, with your suggested rewording, in r76190.

    6. bitdancer
      closed this as completedon Nov 10, 2009
    7. ezio-melotti
      transferred this issue fromon Apr 10, 2022
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