Is it possible to modify variable in python that is in outer, but not global, scope?

Question

Given following code:

def A() :
    b = 1

    def B() :
        # I can access \'b\' from here.
        print( b )
        # But can i modify \'b\' here? \'         


        

Answer 1

For anyone looking at this much later on a safer but heavier workaround is. Without a need to pass variables as parameters.

def outer():
    a = [1]
    def inner(a=a):
        a[0] += 1
    inner()
    return a[0]