[Tutor] Class error

[Andreas Kostyrka]

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Well, Python is not Java :)

Unqualified names reference always only objects defined in the local
module by default.

If you want to use unqualified names, you could do something like that:

from AddrBookEntry import AddrBookEntry

or

import AddrBookEntry as abe
AddrBookEntry = abe.AddrBookEntry

Andreas

Henry Dominik wrote:
> Thanks a million Alan,
> 
> Your suggestion helped solve the problem.
> Besides, why did I have to do this: class 
> EmplAddrBookEntry(AddrBookEntry.AddrBookEntry):
> 
> The AddrBookEntry and EmplAddrBookEntry classes are in the same folder, I 
> didn't think I needed to call another module or something..
> 
> Well, I need to learn more :)
> 
> Thanks anyway
> 
> --Dom
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Alan Gauld" <alan.gauld at btinternet.com>
> To: <tutor at python.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 17, 2007 7:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [Tutor] Class error
> 
> 
>> "Henry Dominik" <fiveholiday55 at hotmail.com> wrote
>>
>>
>>> import AddrBookEntry
>>>
>>> class EmplAddrBookEntry(AddrBookEntry):
>> This says you are creating a new class that inherits
>> from the *module* AddrBookEntry. Notice that the
>> error message referred to the module not the class...
>>
>> You probably meant:
>>
>> class EmplAddrBookEntry(AddrBookEntry.AddrBookEntry):
>>
>>>    def __init__(self, nm, ph, id, em):
>>>        AddrBookEntry.__init__(self, nm, ph)
>> Which makes this line become
>>         AddrBookEntry.AddrBookEntry.__init__(self, nm, ph)
>>
>> HTH,
>>
>> -- 
>> Alan Gauld
>> Author of the Learn to Program web site
>> http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld
>>
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