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Author	ezio.melotti
Recipients	benjamin.peterson, ezio.melotti, hippmr, michael.foord
Date	2012-01-19.16:08:34
SpamBayes Score	0.00017373169
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Message-id	<1326989315.33.0.318781960663.issue13827@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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>>> OVERRIDE = False >>> SOMETHING = "original" >>> >>> def main(): ... if OVERRIDE: ... SOMETHING = None ... print SOMETHING ... >>> main() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<stdin>", line 4, in main UnboundLocalError: local variable 'SOMETHING' referenced before assignment http://docs.python.org/faq/programming.html#why-am-i-getting-an-unboundlocalerror-when-the-variable-has-a-value

>>> OVERRIDE = False
>>> SOMETHING = "original"
>>> 
>>> def main():
...     if OVERRIDE:
...         SOMETHING = None
...     print SOMETHING
... 
>>> main()
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 4, in main
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'SOMETHING' referenced before assignment

http://docs.python.org/faq/programming.html#why-am-i-getting-an-unboundlocalerror-when-the-variable-has-a-value

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-19 16:08:35	ezio.melotti	set	recipients: + ezio.melotti, benjamin.peterson, michael.foord, hippmr
2012-01-19 16:08:35	ezio.melotti	set	messageid: <1326989315.33.0.318781960663.issue13827@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2012-01-19 16:08:34	ezio.melotti	link	issue13827 messages
2012-01-19 16:08:34	ezio.melotti	create