[Tutor] [Fwd: Please help, I'm a newbie]

[Dick Kniep]

Hi Russel,

Helas, that is not that the problem. I copied the routine into the
message, and it seems to have screwed up the indentation somewhat. But
indentation doesn't seem to be the problem, the problem occurs when I am
importing the module. Perhaps someone can explain to me how import
checks these kind of things.

Kind regards,
D. Kniep


On Mon, 2002-09-23 at 16:35, Big Mad Drongo wrote:
>  --- Dick Kniep <d.j.kniep@chello.nl> wrote: 
> >         def __init__(self, db, table, columns=[],
> > updatecolumns=[]):
> <snip code>
> >         if not columns:
> 
> >The error I get is that the name "columns" is not
> >defined. But that is weird because it gets the error 
> >on the "if not columns", and I would expect the error
> 
> >on the statement before that, because there columns
> >is referenced.
> 
> Is this an indentation problem?  Your "if" statement
> appears to be at the same indentation as the def for
> __init__ so at that level of the class the name
> columns is not defined, it is only defined *inside*
> __init__ where the "if" is not.
> 
> I am myself only at newbie at python, so I may be
> incorrect, in fact this is my first attempt at
> answering somebody elses problem on Tutor rather than
> causing trouble for all the other wonderful people on
> the list, so fingers crossed for the both of us...
> 
> Russell
> 
> 
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