I take the example from Mark Lutz's excellent book "Learning Python".
*** In nested1.py I have: X=99 def printer(): print X *** In nested2.py I have: from nested1 import X, printer X=88 printer() What is amazing is that running nested2.py prints 99 and not 88. My questions are: 1. Using statement "from" instead of "import" should not create a namespace, at least that's what I think. However, the printer() function is able to find 99 which is residing in... a namespace? 2. I have tried to access the 88 by qualification from nested2.py. However, I cannot. If using "print nested1.X" in nested2.py I get an error 3. Mark says: The from statement is really an assignment to names in the importer's scope--a name-copy operation, not a name aliasing. I don't fully understand what he means. Could anybody explain? Thank you very much for your time. Vicente Soler -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
