> To make a closure, the inner function *must* be nested in the outer. > To be an instance method, a function *must* be a class attribute, and > the easier way to indicate that is by nesting. > > In this case, the client does *not* use the other two classes, so the > nesting is misleading. I think the only time a class *might* be nested > is when it is used by and only (directly) used by whatever it is nested > in -- and even then, nesting is not necessary. A class statement can > only use global and class local names and not the non-global names in > the surrounding context.
Thanks Terry, you've gotten me something to ponder. Regards, Esmail -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
