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Question

def counter(x):

    def _cnt():
        #nonlocal x
        x = x+1
        print(x)
        return x

    return _cnt
a = counter(0)
print(a())

Above code gives the following error

UnboundLocalError: local variable 'x' referenced before assignment

Why this is not able to create a new object with value 'x+1' in the namespace of _cnt and bind it to x. we will have reference x in both function namespaces

Answer 1

As soon as you assign to a name in a given scope, all references to the same name inside the same scope are local. Hence x + 1 cannot be evaluated (as it tries to reference the local x ).

Hence this works:

def f():
    x = 42
    def g():
        print(x)
    g()
f()

But this doesn't:

def f():
    x = 42
    def g():
        print(x)
        x = 42
    g()
f()

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The first print has this bytecode:

0 LOAD_GLOBAL              0 (print) 
3 LOAD_DEREF               0 (x) 
6 CALL_FUNCTION            1 
9 POP_TOP  

while the second print has this one:

0 LOAD_GLOBAL              0 (print) 
3 LOAD_FAST                0 (x) 
6 CALL_FUNCTION            1 
9 POP_TOP 

Answer 2

The scopes of function counter and _cnt are not the same. Even though they're nested, it doesn't matter.

So the x in counter does not exist in _cnt . Perhaps pass it as an argument (or use nonlocal , as you seemed to have understood)