[Python-Dev] Re: Nested functions and class scope

[Fredrik Lundh]

John Max Skaller wrote:
> Do you have an example of real application code where searching a class
> in which a function is defined will break code?

I haven't been following this thread closely, but are we talking
about a scoping model where a class can override any built-in
function or method by defining a method (or a class attribute)
with the same name?

like in urllib.py, for example:

class URLopener:
    ...
    def open(self, fullurl, data=None):
        fullurl = unwrap(fullurl)
        if self.tempcache and self.tempcache.has_key(fullurl):
            filename, headers = self.tempcache[fullurl]
            fp = open(filename, 'rb')
            return addinfourl(fp, headers, fullurl)
    ...

this won't fly.

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