Not clear about the dot notation

[TomF]

On 2011-01-16 11:59:11 -0800, Zeynel said:

> What does vote.vote refer to in this snippet?
> 
>     def txn():
>         quote = Quote.get_by_id(quote_id)
>         vote = Vote.get_by_key_name(key_names = user.email(), parent =
> quote)
>         if vote is None:
>             vote = Vote(key_name = user.email(), parent = quote)
>         if vote.vote == newvote:
>             return
>         quote.votesum = quote.votesum - vote.vote + newvote
>         vote.vote = newvote
> 
> from here: http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/overheard.html

vote refers to the Vote instance.
vote.vote refers to the instance variable in that instance:
      vote: The value of 1 for like, -1 for dislike.

Confusing choice of names, in my opinion.

-Tom