Re: Variable scope inside and outside functions - global statement being overridden by assignation unless preceded by reference

On 2024-03-07, Cameron Simpson via Python-list <python-list@python.org> wrote:

Yes. Note that the "global" namespace is the module in which the function is defined.

One might argue that "global" isn't a good choice for what to call the
scope in question, since it's not global. It's limited to that source
file. It doesn't make sense to me to call a binding "global", when
there can be multile different "global" bindings of the same name.
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Grant