variable scope

[Dave Angel]

Bruno Desthuilliers wrote:
>>> (snip)
>>>>> Joel Juvenal Rivera Rivera wrote:
>>>>>> Hi i was playing around with my code the i realize of this
>>>>>> ###################
>>>>>> _uno__a = 1
>>>>>> class uno():
>>>>>>     __a = 2
>>>>>>     def __init__(self):
>>>>>>         print __a
>>>>>> uno()
>>>>>> ###################
>>>>>> and prints 1
>>> <snip>
> I beg to disagree. The problem (well... what I think is a problem, 
> actually) IS that name mangling is applied to a method *local* variable.
>
>
It is not a local variable, because there's no assignment within that 
same method.  That decision happens at compile time of the definition.  
Once it's not a local, then it needs to get mangled, per the rules for 
double-underscore.

Try adding a __a = 49   before or after the line in question.  Either 
one will change the behavior (and/or the error message) to indicate that 
it's a local.

DaveA