[Cython] Class scope lookup order

[Stefan Behnel]

Stefan Behnel, 15.08.2011 11:34:
> at least to me, the most surprising thing is this:
>
>  >>> A = 1
>  >>> def foo(x):
>  ...   A = x
>  ...   class X:
>  ...     a = A
>  ...   return X
>  ...
>  >>> foo(2).a
>  2
>  >>> def foo(x):
>  ...   A = x
>  ...   class X:
>  ...     A = A
>  ...   return X
>  ...
>  >>> foo(2).A
>  1
>
> That looks pretty sick, but I would guess that the 'reasoning' behind this
> is that the second case contains an assignment to A inside of the class
> namespace, and assignments make a variable local to a scope, in this case,
> the function scope.

Argh, sorry, I interpreted the results the wrong way around. No, I have no 
idea for a serious explanation. Let's see what c.l.py brings up.

Stefan