On 11/20/2010 6:59 AM Steven D'Aprano said...
I find myself having need of a class where the class scope is included in the scope of methods in the class. A simple example from Python 3.1:x = "outside" class Magic: x = "inside" def method(self): return x I would like Magic().method() to return "inside" rather than "outside". Now, I understand why this is not Python's usual behaviour, and I agree with those reasons -- this is NOT a complaint that Python's normal behaviour is to exclude the class namespace from the method's scope. I also understand that the usual way of getting this would be to return self.x or self.__class__.x from method, instead of x. Again, normally I would do this. But in this specific case I have reasons for wanting to avoid both of the normal behaviours. Do not judge me, please accept that I have a good reason for wanting this, or at least allow me to shoot myself in the foot this way *wink*. In Python 3, is there some way to get this unusual behaviour?
As it's easy to return self.x but you're restricting that option, what kind of change options must you work within?
Emile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
