Can I access a list while it is being sorted in the list.sort() b = ['b', 'e', 'f', 'd', 'c', 'g', 'a'] f = 'check this' def m(i): print i, b, f return None b.sort(key=m) print b this returns b [] check this e [] check this f [] check this d [] check this c [] check this g [] check this a [] check this Note that individual items of list b is sent to function m. But at m the list b is empty, however it can see the variable f, which has same scope as list b. Why does function m print b as []? Continue reading...
