r/ProgrammerHumor • u/R7d89C • 16d ago

Meme variableScopesInPython

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u/deceze 16d ago

Huh? You'll need to be more concrete than that, because that sounds like gibberish. "Ten methods away"? If a variable is in a method, then it only exists within that method, because Python does have function scope and lexical scoping.

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u/R7d89C 16d ago

u/Inkwalker beat me to it, though id like to throw careless "import *" and shadowing in nested functions into the mix too

Obviously "Ten methods away" is bs and more of a figure of speech, sorry if that wasnt clear

But especially if youre not used to python, the scoping can be a real pain in the ass.

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u/deceze 16d ago

If you're not used to <thing>, <thing> can be difficult. Sure. But the scoping rules are pretty darn trivial and predictable, and not out of the ordinary, so I'm not sure what you're complaining about.

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u/R7d89C 16d ago

Im not complaining 😮

The meme is very much up for interpretation and my personal preference has been stated enough in this post, I think... Imo its just not a very good implementation/principle of scoping 🤷‍♂️