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Author steven.daprano
Recipients jhewitt, matrixise, steven.daprano
Date 2018-10-25.20:32:45
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Content 
Yes, that's exactly right. That's how local variables work in Python:

x = 999  # global x
def demo():
   if False:
       x = 1
   x  # local x has no value

does the same thing. This is standard, documented behaviour, regardless 
of which kind of assignment statement you use.
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2018-10-25 20:32:45steven.dapranosetrecipients: + steven.daprano, matrixise, jhewitt
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