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new = []
 
def convert0():
    print 'convert0:', new
    return new
    print 'After convert0:', new
 
def convert1():
    new.append(2 % 3 - 1)
    print 'convert1:', new
    print convert0()
    print 'After convert1:', new
 
def convert2():
    new.append(3 % 3 - 1)
    print 'convert2:', new
    convert1()
    print 'After convert2:', new
 
"""
So while you are correct that return will jump you out of a function, it will not jump you back out of 9 levels of function calls.  It only jumps you back to the function's caller, where execution resumes with the next command.
"""
 
def convert6():
    new.append(7 % 3 - 1)
    print 'convert6:', new
    convert2()
    print 'After convert6:', new
 
print "convert6()", convert6() # <--- prints: None

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