Namespaces in functions vs classes

Tue Apr 19 18:00:45 EDT 2011

On 2011年4月19日 17:47:40 +0100, Gerald Britton 
<gerald.britton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Gerald Britton wrote:
>>> I now understand the Python does
>>> not consider a class definition as a separate namespace as it does for
>>> function definitions. That is a helpful understanding.
>>> That is not correct. Classes are separate namespaces -- they just
>> aren't automatically searched. The only namespaces that are
>> automatically searched are local, non-local, global, and built-in.
>> I see you misunderstood my observation: Python does not consider a class
> definition as a separate namespace *as it does* for function definitions.

This phrase normally parses as "Python does not consider a class 
definition as a separate namespace. In contrast, Python does consider a 
function definition as a separate namespace." If you meant "Python does 
not consider a class definition as a separate namespace *in the same way* 
that it does for function definitions," saying so would make life easier 
for the fairly large number of readers of this newsgroup whose first 
language isn't English.
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Ahem.
Normal service will now be resumed.
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