-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Well, Python is not Java :)
Unqualified names reference always only objects defined in the local module by default. If you want to use unqualified names, you could do something like that: from AddrBookEntry import AddrBookEntry or import AddrBookEntry as abe AddrBookEntry = abe.AddrBookEntry Andreas Henry Dominik wrote: > Thanks a million Alan, > > Your suggestion helped solve the problem. > Besides, why did I have to do this: class > EmplAddrBookEntry(AddrBookEntry.AddrBookEntry): > > The AddrBookEntry and EmplAddrBookEntry classes are in the same folder, I > didn't think I needed to call another module or something.. > > Well, I need to learn more :) > > Thanks anyway > > --Dom > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan Gauld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <tutor@python.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 7:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Tutor] Class error > > >> "Henry Dominik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote >> >> >>> import AddrBookEntry >>> >>> class EmplAddrBookEntry(AddrBookEntry): >> This says you are creating a new class that inherits >> from the *module* AddrBookEntry. Notice that the >> error message referred to the module not the class... >> >> You probably meant: >> >> class EmplAddrBookEntry(AddrBookEntry.AddrBookEntry): >> >>> def __init__(self, nm, ph, id, em): >>> AddrBookEntry.__init__(self, nm, ph) >> Which makes this line become >> AddrBookEntry.AddrBookEntry.__init__(self, nm, ph) >> >> HTH, >> >> -- >> Alan Gauld >> Author of the Learn to Program web site >> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor >> > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGdZEbHJdudm4KnO0RAnz9AJ409z7wGgQgQxC2T9u7JQJz8W2h6wCcCFQD OqhkiSC897klBc1SMZ0rMTc= =DPIk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
