object instance after if isalpha()

[Marcelo Urbano Lima]

Hi
I'm still learning python and I've been loving it, but, that's not the 
reason I'm writing.

I'm trying to create an object only if a variable is alpha and see what I 
get.

$ cat 1.py
class abc:
  def __init__(self):
    name='marcelo'

a='STRING'
print a.isalpha()

if a.isalpha():
  x=abc()

print 'was x created?:', x,'\n'
print x.name


$ python 1.py
True
was x created?: <__main__.abc instance at 0x186b9e6c>

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "1.py", line 12, in ?
    print x.name
AttributeError: abc instance has no attribute 'name'

Why?  (I really think I'm doing something stupid but could not see)
btw, it's python 2.4.1 for cygwin.

I'd really appreciate your help.

Thanks

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