> As far as I can tell, you have a bit more code in boo, and somewhere in > that code (after the print statement), you rebind the name 'kills'. Okay, yes: def boo() kills += 1 print kills
> the absence of a global declaration, this makes this name a local > variable. I think I see what you mean: >>> kills=0 >>> def boo(): ... kills += 1 ... print kills ... >>> print kills 0 >>> boo() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "<stdin>", line 2, in boo UnboundLocalError: local variable 'kills' referenced before assignment >>> kills=77 >>> def boo(): print kills ... >>> boo() 77 I'm amazed that I've spent so much time with Python and something like that totally stumps me!? > FWIW, this is a FAQ. If you have a link, that'll help. \d -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
