Antoon Pardon wrote: > Op 2005-11-03, Stefan Arentz schreef <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] >>It is all according to how things have been in Python for a long time. > > Unsane behaviour for a long time is still unsane behaviour. > As your continued contributions on this newsgroup so adequately demonstrate :-).
Sorry, I *couldn't* resist. You asked for it. It was hanging there (in a containing namespace?) waiting to be posted. If I hadn't said it someone else would have. And other justifications for what I hope doesn't seem like too unpleasant a personal attack. > >>The real issue here is that you should propery name class variables so >>that there can't be any confusion about class or instance scope. I use >>all uppercase identifiers for class variables for example. > > > The fact that this can be regarded as unwise coding, doesn't imply > it is sane behaviour of python. Variable shadowing happens. I don't > consider it sane behaviour if the same reference in a line gets > resolved in different name spaces > Well I'm sure Guido will be happy to know you think his design is insane. Now who's calling who names? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC www.holdenweb.com PyCon TX 2006 www.python.org/pycon/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
