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Sebastian Raschka 2014-04-29 21:25:40 -04:00
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tutorials/scope_resolution_legb_rule.ipynb
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"source": [
"As it was briefly mentioned in the introduction, `for-loops` will create their own namespaces, which will be deleted after the for-loop has completed. Consider the following example (exectuted in Python 3.4):\n"
"In contrast to some other programming languages, `for-loops` will use the scope they exist in and leave their defined loop-variable behind.\n"
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"We can roughly sketch the situation as follows \n",
"\n",
"*before the for-loop*: \n",
"`- global_namespace = {'a_name':object1, ...}`\n",
"\n",
"*during the for-loop*: \n",
"`- global_namespace = {'a_name':object1, ...}` \n",
"`- for-loop_namespace = {'a':object201, ...}`\n",
"\n",
"*after the for-loop*: \n",
"`- global_namespace = {'a_name':object1, ...}`\n",
"\n",
"\n"
]
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{
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"source": [
"**However, this does not apply if we defined the `for-loop` variable in the global namespace before!**"
"**This also applies if we explicitely defined the `for-loop` variable in the global namespace before!** In this case it will rebind the existing variable:"
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"source": [
"In **Python 3.4**, we can use closures to prevent the for-loop variable to cut into the global namespace. Here is an example (exectuted in Python 3.4):"
"However, in **Python 3.x**, we can use closures to prevent the for-loop variable to cut into the global namespace. Here is an example (exectuted in Python 3.4):"
]
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"source": [
"Why did I mention \"Python 3.4\"? Well, as it happens, the same code executed in Python 2.x would print:\n",
"Why did I mention \"Python 3.x\"? Well, as it happens, the same code executed in Python 2.x would print:\n",
"\n",
"<pre>\n",
"print(4, '-> i in global')\n",
"<pre>"
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