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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh? That's not what happens at all. Python doesn't just mahically create variables for you, you get an undefined reference error like any other sane language.

https://www.online-python.com/Xp3JG1rxbK

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Except it does for assignments.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ah, ok sure. Every dynamically typed language does that with assignments though, that's kinda the point of dynamic typing. You can use linters to easily catch that kinda stuff though.