Python scope: "UnboundLocalError: local variable 'c' referenced before assignment"

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Within a function, variables that are assigned to are treated as local variables by default. To assign to global variables, use the global statement:

def g(n):
    global c
    c = c + n

This is one of the quirky areas of Python that has never really sat well with me.