nested classes

[Remco Gerlich]

Bjorn Pettersen <BPettersen at NAREX.com> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> > From: Mats Wichmann [mailto:xyzmats at laplaza.org]
> > Java and C++ are compiled.  The class definition is instructions to
> > the compiler, and can be self-referential, because the /reference/ is
> > not going to happen until the class is loaded - no inconsistency.  Not
> > so for Python, the class definition is code that is actually run to
> > build the class object, and before that object has been built, there's
> > nothing to refer to yet, as Alex said.
> 
> But that's an implementation detail only, since it works perfectly for
> functions:
> 
>   def foo():
>       foo()

The difference is that a class is executed when it's defined, and a function
is executed when it is called. By the time the function is called, 'foo'
exists, of course.

-- 
Remco Gerlich