Namespaces in functions vs classes

Sun Apr 17 16:41:53 EDT 2011

Gerald Britton wrote:
> For my
> final attempt, I add the prefix "a." to my use of "foo"
>>>>> class a():
> ... foo = 'foo'
> ... def g(x):
> ... return a.foo
> ...

The first parameter to any method in a class* is going to be the 
instance of that class, and is usually named 'self'. So your above code 
(to stick with your 'x') should be:
 def g(x):
 return x.foo
or to follow normal naming conventions:
 def g(self):
 return self.foo
~Ethan~
*It is also possible to write special methods that take the class as the 
first argument (classmethod) or don't take either (staticmethod).