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

[Alan Gauld]

"johnf" <jfabiani at yolo.com> wrote 

> def someMethod():
>   class MyClass(object):
>       .....
>  if something:
>     .....
>     return someval


Did you try it?

>>> def f():
...   class C: pass
...   return C
...
>>> def g(x):
...   class C: pass
...   if x == 42:
...     return C
...   else: return 666
...
>>> c = f()
>>> c
<class __main__.C at 0x7ff1bbfc>
>>>

It works for me...


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