Problem porting class to python3.2

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On 02/06/2011 17:18, Nick Buchholz wrote:
> Hi all,
>      I've been wandering through the DOCs for an hour and haven't found a solution to this
> I'm just starting to convert from 2.5 to 3.2 and I have a problem. I have a code that looks like this.
>
> from tkinter  import *
> import time
> import datetime
> import string
> import math
> import random
>
> print (time.localtime())
>
> def foo():
>      print (time.localtime())
>
> print(time.localtime())
>
> class StarDate:
>      """ implements StarDates regular dates but with output in
>      the form: YYYYMMDD:HHMMSS.FFFF
>      or represented by a 6-Tuple (Yr, Mon, Day, Hour, Min, Sec)
>      """
>      def __init__(self, tTuple=None):
>          tt=self
>          tt.tm_year = tt.tm_mon = tt.tm_mday = tt.tm_hour = 0
>          tt.tm_min  = tt.tm_sec = tt.tm_wday = tt.tm_yday = 0
>          tt.tm_isdst  = 0
>          if type(tTuple) == type(None):
>              tTuple = time.localtime()
>          elif .......
>
> The two print statements work as expected, printing the tuple of the local time.
> The function foo and the StarDate class definition both fail with the error.
>
>     File "starDate.py", line 37 , in foo
>        print(time.localtime())
> NameError: global name 'time' is not defined
> or
>    File "starDate.py", line 103, in __init__
>      tTuple = time.localtime()
> NameError: global name 'time' is not defined
>
> What am I missing?  This is a long used and tested file and class that is used in several
> more complex python programs.
> why doesn't the definition of time at the top level get recognized inside the class?
> If I can't get a simple two class file working in 3.2, I despair of ever moving to 3.2
>
You may be rebinding to "time" later in the code.