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Python scope probs
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| my_map = {} | |
| crazier_tho = {} | |
| def main(): | |
| my_map = { | |
| 'hello': 'hi' | |
| } | |
| print my_map | |
| printMyMap() | |
| crazier_tho['hello'] = 'hi' | |
| print crazier_tho | |
| printCrazierTho() | |
| def printMyMap(): | |
| print my_map | |
| def printCrazierTho(): | |
| print crazier_tho | |
| if __name__ == '__main__': | |
| main() | |
| # Prints: | |
| # {'hello': 'hi'} | |
| # {} | |
| # {'hello': 'hi'} | |
| # {'hello': 'hi'} |
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Maybe this: http://stackoverflow.com/a/292502
Look at the comment a bit down:
"As a caveat to Global access - reading a global variable can happen without explicit declaration, but writing to it without declaring global(var_name) will instead create a new local instance."
It seems like you are creating a local variable that hides the global