[Tutor] Re: Re: Newbie OOP Question.(diff between function, module and class)

[Derrick 'dman' Hudson]

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On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 04:59:48PM -0500, SA wrote:
| On 6/10/02 12:26 PM, "Skip Montanaro" <skip@pobox.com> wrote:

| >   SA> One last question, sorry if this is very basic but I feel these
| >   SA> terms need better definitions for newbies like me (the only other
| >   SA> languages I have experience with are Qbasic and HTML) what is a
| >   SA> namespae? Is that analagous to pwd of the program? For instance, =
if
| >   SA> the program is currently in one are of the script doing work, wou=
ld
| >   SA> that be considered the namespace?
| >=20
| > Yes, it is more or less like the filesystem hierarchy.  In the current
| > directory, a reference to "blue.txt" would reference a file in the curr=
ent
| > directory.  One significant difference is that Python's module/package
| > system doesn't have a syntax for referring to the current module's pare=
nt
| > (no "..").
|
| Ahh. Now that may prove interesting. Would it be beneficial to make a
| reserved command like .. That pops you back into the parent namespace?

import foo
bar  =3D foo
baz  =3D foo
spam =3D foo

What's the parent namespace of module foo?

IOW, no.  Also, using such a feature would also break good module
design.

-D

--=20

Yes, Java is so bulletproofed that to a C programmer it feels like being in=
 a
straightjacket, but it's a really comfy and warm straightjacket, and the wo=
rld
would be a safer place if everyone was straightjacketed most of the time.
                                                      -- Mark 'Kamikaze' Hu=
ghes
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