Re: UnboundLocalError problems

[Terry Reedy]

Mr SZ wrote:

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Hi,
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I am writing a small script that changes my pidgin status to away when I
lock my screen.I'm using the DBUS API for pidgin and
gnome-screensaver.Her e's the code:
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#!/usr/bin/env python
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import dbus, gobject
from dbus.mainloop.g lib import DBusGMainLoop
dbus.mainloop.g lib.DBusGMainLo op(set_as_defau lt=True)
bus = dbus.SessionBus ()
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obj = bus.get_object( "im.pidgin.purp le.PurpleServic e",
"/im/pidgin/purple/PurpleObject")
purple = dbus.Interface( obj, "im.pidgin.purp le.PurpleInterf ace")
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STATUS_AVAILABL E = 2
STATUS_AWAY = 5
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ORIG_TYPE = 0
ORIG_MSG = ""
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def my_func2(IsEnab led):

you need
global ORIG_TYPE,ORIG_ MSG

if IsEnabled:
ORIG_TYPE,ORIG_ MSG = get_current()

because this otherwise marks them as local.

[snip]

When I run it,it errors out at :
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set_status(ORIG _TYPE,ORIG_MSG)
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giving the error "UnboundLocalEr ror: local variable 'ORIG_TYPE'
referenced before assignment" .This happens

In the future, copy and paste the full traceback, which often has
additional useful information -- like the line # of the call -- which is
not so obvious to someone who has not read the code.

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Aren't ORIG_TYPE and ORIG_MSG global variables? Where am I going
wrong?Everythin g works fine if I set the arguments manually to the
set_status function.

*Any* assignment to a name, including with def, class, import, and
augmented assignment, even if the statement is unreachable and cannot be
executed, marks the name as local -- unless you specify it as global (or
nonlocal in 3.0).

tjr