does it not allow you do something like this to set up variables? def foo(a,b,c): var x = 40 var y = None bar() return x * b I think

does it not allow you do something like this to set up variables? def foo(a,b,c): var x = 40 var y = None bar() return x * b I think the blocks of code make it more readable, some variables are set up, some work is done, then it returns something