Re: Trying to print from inside a method

2007-03-18 Thread Alex Martelli
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > This would be pretty weird, but legal Python. > > Weirder and weirder, but still legal Python. > > This is usually how most of my code turns out :( I'm afraid if I ever > learn enough > to make a serious program I will be burned at the stake for such un- > py

Re: Trying to print from inside a method

2007-03-18 Thread AWasilenko
On Mar 18, 7:32 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > Here, the message1 and message2 names are LOCAL variables of the > respective methods: each disappear as soon as its method ends. > > If you want to make them into INSTANCE attributes, so they'll stick > around for later, assign to self

Re: Trying to print from inside a method

2007-03-18 Thread Alex Martelli
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm still in the process of learning python via a handful of books I > bought. One book I am reading just introduced Base Class Methods. I I believe your problem may be more basic: local variables, istance attributes, and class variables, are very separate things.