[Tutor] is it legal to have a class within a def

[bob gailer]

johnf wrote:
> def someMethod():
>    class MyClass(object):
>        .....
>   if something:
>      .....
>      return someval
> 	
>   
Legal? Well the police won't come after you!

Python allows a class statement anywhere. So this use is part of the 
language.

So the question becomes "why would you want to do that?"

Considerations:

1 - this usage creates a local object MyClass. The object will not be 
visible outside the function. The class definition is executed each time 
the function is called.

2 - the object could be returned or assigned to a global or added to a 
parameter that is a collection.

3 - if no instances are created in the function the object will 
disappear once the function execution ends.