[Tutor] OOP help needed

[Jim Byrnes]

On 07/26/2016 11:38 PM, Ben Finney wrote:
> Jim Byrnes <jf_byrnes at comcast.net> writes:
>
>> So I decided to give it another try. When I got to the chapter on
>> tkinter I decided to solve all the exercises using OOP even though the
>> book solutions did not use OOP.
>
> Hmm, that sounds ill advised.
>
> OOP is one tool among many; trying to apply it where it's a poor fit
> will result in bad design and probably avoidable errors.
>
> When learning to use a hacksaw, trying to solve everything using that
> tool merely to learn it, would be a poor choice.

With anything more complex I would agree.  I am simply trying to get 
myself thinking about how OOP works and there aren't enough exercises in 
the book calling for OOP to give me much repetition.

>> # exer2.py
>>
>> import tkinter
>>
>> class Count:
>>
>>   def __init__(self):
>>     ''' Increment a button labeled 0, by 1 with each click '''
>>     […]
>>     self.count_btn = tkinter.Button(self.frame, textvariable=self.label,
>>       command=lambda: self.increment(self.label ))
>
> Here you address the ‘self.increment’ name, which should work.
>
>>   def increment(self, label):
>>     count = int(self.label.get())
>>     self.label.set(str(count + 1))
>
> This is the method that an instance will address via ‘self.increment’.
>
>> In exer2.py if I do command=lambda: increment(self.label)
>
> The lambda expression creates a function, and that function then behaves
> like any other function. Within that function, the name ‘increment’ is
> not defined; within the scope where the function was defined, the name
> ‘increment’ is also not defined. Within the global scope the name
> ‘increment’ is not defined.
>
> So yes, you'll get NameError from that code.
>
>> Why do I get this error?  The situations look the same to me
>
> The difference is that when you invoke ‘self.instance’, the lookup of
> ‘self’ succeeds because it's defined within the function (you defined it
> in the parameters of ‘__init__’, so ‘__init__’ knows that name when it
> is running).
>
> You never defined the name ‘increment’ within the function, nor within
> the global scope. And you shouldn't because there's no need: you access
> the instance's own method by accessing the instance first: you ask for
> “the ‘instance’ attribute from the ‘self’ object”: ‘self.instance’.
>

OK thank you.

Regards,  Jim