Alan Gauld wrote:
>> messing about with classes I've come across something basic that I
>> don't understand.
>
>
> As you say this has nothing to do with classes its more basic. Its
> about namespaces. Try reading the namespaces topic in my tutor for
> more info.
>
> Meanwhile lets simplify by
> if __name__ == '__main__':
> global x
> x = 1
> t = T()
> t.p()
as alan mentioned, it's all about namespaces. the "global x" you have
in the above piece of code doesn't do anything (because you're already
or still in the global [name]space).
you're getting the
Hi Nick,
Global variables in Python are global for *reading*, based in the
precedence order for looking into the namespace: locals, globals(module
scope actually), builtins
for writing, as variables are created on the fly, a local variable will
be created and will mask the global one.
That's
Hi Nick,
> messing about with classes I've come across something basic that I don't
> understand.
Your issue is not so much with classes as it is with namespaces. You'll
hit the exact same problem with simple functions.
> Take this class
>
> class T:
> def p(self):
> p
> messing about with classes I've come across something basic that I don't
> understand.
As you say this has nothing to do with classes its more basic. Its about
namespaces. Try reading the namespaces topic in my tutor for more info.
Meanwhile lets simplify by removing the class bit
def f():
