Is it me or a python wart

[Just van Rossum]

In article <C2cBaXANXSy8Ewbb at jessikat.demon.co.uk>,
 Robin Becker <robin at jessikat.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:

> With 2.2.1 I'm puzzled why the first returns the local x and the second
> the global I suppose x=x rather than z=x is the problem, but don't
> understand why. I opposed local scopes originally as I liked the two
> scope rule, but this seems more complex than I imagined.
> 
> >>> x=2
> >>> def bingo(x):
> ...     class A:
> ...             z=x
> ...             def get(self):
> ...                     return self.z
> ...     return A().get()
> ... 
> >>> bingo(4)
> 4
> >>> def bango(x):
> ...     class A:
> ...             x=x
> ...             def get(self):
> ...                     return self.x
> ...     return A().get()
> ... 
> >>> bango(4)
> 2

What a coincidence:
   http://www.python.org/sf/532860
   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2002-April/023427.html

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