State is lost when passing variable through the function action

  from dragonfly import *
import nsformat

dictation_length = 0 # for "scratch that" purposes
# This file shows that if you pass in the input state into the function using the function action rather than just accessing it
# from within the function using the fact that it is in global scope,  the input state will not be updated 
#  when you run the dictation command multiple times


formatting_state = None
def format_dictation(dictation, input_state):
    global dictation_length, formatting_state
    print("input_state: ", input_state)
    formatted_output, output_state = nsformat.formatWords(dictation.words, state=input_state)
    print("output_state: ", output_state)
    formatted_output = str(formatted_output)
    Text(formatted_output).execute()
    dictation_length = len(formatted_output)
    formatting_state = output_state

def scratch_that():
    for i in range(dictation_length):
        Key("backspace").execute()
         
class CommandRule(MappingRule):
    mapping = {
        "strike":  Function(scratch_that),
        }
command_rule = CommandRule()
class DictationRule(MappingRule):
    
    mapping = {
        "<dictation>": Function(format_dictation, input_state=formatting_state),
    }
    extras = [ Dictation("dictation") ]
dictation_rule = DictationRule()

dict_cmd_sequence = Repetition(Alternative([RuleRef(dictation_rule), RuleRef(command_rule)]),
    min=1, max=10, name="dict_cmd_sequence")

class SequenceRule(CompoundRule):
    spec = "<dict_cmd_sequence>"
    extras = [dict_cmd_sequence]
    def _process_recognition(self, node, extras):
        for action in extras["dict_cmd_sequence"]:
                action.execute()

grammar = Grammar("zurow")
sequence_rule = SequenceRule()
grammar.add_rule(sequence_rule)
grammar.load()