On 12/22/2009 1:14 PM Robert Johansson said...
Hi all, suppose I need to import a module inside a class and that I need to use it in to different methods. Is this is the way to do it?
Well, neither is really (see comments below). I generally import only at the top of a module. You can of course import within a method as needed, and I sometimes will do so if the imported module will only be used in the single method, but I tend not to as I've come over time to expect the imports at the top.
class test(): import time def method1(self): print 'method 1: ', time.clock()
this won't work -- time isn't within method1's accessible scope (local, global, builtin). You could do test.time.clock() to access it, but importing globally won't confuse a reader by thinking it's something different.
Emile
def method2(self): print 'method 2: ', time.clock()If I only need the module in one method should I then place it inside that method or keep it outside?class test(): def method1(self): import time print 'method 1: ', time.clock() def method2(self): print 'method 2: '
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