My second example would bite me quite often. Do I get this right? You have to do really hard line testing to avoid simple problems that could be avoided if ju

My second example would bite me quite often. Do I get this right? You have to do really hard line testing to avoid simple problems that could be avoided if just variables had to be declared at first use? :-( But like old C compilers, there is "lint"? I'm all for nostalgia for old C compilers (except a buggy one, that stole weeks of my life). But that is strange. I thought Python was all about safety and no problems because of a well designed syntax and coding standards akin to bondage? Ah well, thanks for information!