Changing the order so the function is first did it. Thanks. That is what I get for working with Java all semester...
On 5/6/10, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > Alex Hall wrote: >> Hi all, >> I have a file, pasted below for what good it will do, which makes a >> couple conditional calls to a function called writeDefaults. However, >> when I manually trigger a condition that causes the function to be >> called, Python gives me a name error and says that my writeDefaults >> does not exist. I am sure that it does, as I copied the text from the >> call and pasted it into the text search of my editor, and it found the >> line that defines the function, so the text in the call is obviously >> correct. Sometimes, especially in a language like Javascript, one >> error can mean something else or point to a problem other than the one >> it claims to be about, so I wondered if the same thing could be >> happening here? The error is on line 55, just after the if statement >> that uses os.path.exists to ensure my ini file is really there. TIA! >> BTW, speech is just a file that will output a given message through an >> active screen reader; changing all calls to print will work just as >> well. >> > You need to remember that 'def' and 'class' are _statements_, not > declarations; they have the side-effect of adding a name to the current > namespace. > > A Python script is run from the first line. If/when Python reaches line > 55 the 'def' statement that defines the function 'writeDefaults' hasn't > been run yet. > > BTW, you should avoid 'bare excepts' (an except clause that doesn't say > which exception to catch) because they catch _every_ exception, even > KeyboardInterrupt and NameError. > > You might also want to look at PEP 8: > > http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0008/ > > which is the Style Guide for Python code. > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- Have a great day, Alex (msg sent from GMail website) mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
