Variables are lexically scoped. Additionally, to _assign_ to an outer/global variable, one needs to use the nonlocal/global keyword. Otherwise one will get a ne

Variables are lexically scoped. Additionally, to _assign_ to an outer/global variable, one needs to use the nonlocal/global keyword. Otherwise one will get a new local variable. Variables in a module are also namespaced to that module. So I have no idea what the "everything is global" scope is about.