Comments on: Python scoping: understanding LEGB http://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/2011/01/31/python-scoping-understanding-legb/ Engineering the web Fri, 17 May 2013 21:43:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Avazu http://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/2011/01/31/python-scoping-understanding-legb/comment-page-1/#comment-214756 Avazu Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:41:21 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/?p=1479#comment-214756 Seems like param is bound to func1 and local, global param raises a SyntaxError. Even func2 is a local function of func1 it seems it doesn´t work like in OOP with inheritance, I would say

def func1(param=None):
def func2(param2=param):
if not param2:
param2 = ‘default’
print param2
# Just return func2.
return func2

would be a quick fix here :-)

]]> By: Fred Wenzel http://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/2011/01/31/python-scoping-understanding-legb/comment-page-1/#comment-214364 Fred Wenzel Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:22:06 +0000 http://blog.mozilla.org/webdev/?p=1479#comment-214364 You don’t reach a conclusion here ;) I think I do understand why this is happening, but you might want to add a sentence or two next time resolving the issue in plain English — that’ll help people who come here when googling for this problem.

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