Thanks Paul, you channelled my thinking exactly correctly. I am not an expert on C++, but I think that's roughly how C++ namespaces work. Any C++ coders care to confirm or correct me?
Steve On Wed, May 05, 2021 at 12:05:56PM +0100, Paul Moore wrote: > On Wed, 5 May 2021 at 11:33, Matt del Valle <matthew...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> To give an example: > >> > >> def spam(): > >> return "spam spam spam!" > >> > >> def eggs(): > >> return spam() > >> > >> namespace Shop: > >> def spam(): > >> return "There's not much call for spam here." > >> def eggs(): > >> return spam() > >> > >> print(eggs()) > >> # should print "spam spam spam!" > >> print(Shop.eggs()) > >> # should print "There's not much call for spam here." > > > > > > I'm guessing this was a typo and you meant to type: > > > > print(spam()) > > # should print "spam spam spam!" > > print(Shop.spam()) > > # should print "There's not much call for spam here." > > > > Because if you did, then this is precisely how it would work under this > > proposal. :) > > I'm not the OP, but I read their question precisely as it was written. > The global eggs() returns the value from calling spam() and should use > the *global* spam. The eggs in namespace Shop calls spam and returns > its value, and I'd expect that call to resolve to Shop.spam, using the > namespace eggs is defined in. If that's not how you imagine namespaces > working, I think they are going to be quite non-intuitive for at least > a certain set of users (including me...) > > Paul > _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/7S3QSLGIL3HTDD2FK4P6WQUI32BY4A3E/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
