Dave Kuhlman wrote: > So far so good. But, here is the one I do not understand. > > G1 = 111 > class A(object): > G1 = 222 > def show(self): > print G1 > > def test(): > a = A() > a.show() > > test() > > But, when I run this I see "111", not "222". > > Why is that? "G1 = 222" is in the enclosing scope, right? > > Well, I guess that is wrong. Apparently in Python, a class does > not create an enclosing scope.
Right. The class statement creates a temporary local namespace that is used to initialize the __dict__ of the class. Names in this namespace can be accessed directly while the class statement is executing; after that they have to be accessed as attributes of the class or an instance. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
