On 7/14/2010 8:31 AM Corey Richardson said...
I was under the impression that when you define a function, it doesn't
try to evaluate anything yet. If I had called the function before I
defined the variable, I would understand, but I haven't.
The difference is in understanding what's executed and what's deferred.
Consider the following:
#-----Start File test.py-----
def test():
print "in def test"
class Test:
print "in class Test"
def __init__(self):
print "in class Test.__init__"
print "in __main__"
test()
t = Test()
#-----End File test.py-----
Output:
in class Test
in __main__
in def test
in class Test.__init__
-----------------
As you can see, the print statements at the class level are executing
when encountered, but the prints in defs only when executed.
HTH,
Emile
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