static attribute

[Alex Martelli]

"Uwe Schmitt" <schmitt at num.uni-sb.de> wrote in message
news:9djgnt$570uu$1 at hades.rz.uni-sb.de...
> hi,
>
> i tried to use a static attribute _allNames as follows:
>
>
> class Name:
>
>    _allNames={}
>
>    def __init__(self,name):
>       self.name=name
>      _allNames[name]=self
>
>
> X=Name("Xclass")
>
> but i get NameError.... whats wrong ?

You need to set
    self._allNames[name] = self
or equivalently
    Name._allNames[name] = self

An unqualified identifier only ever refers to a local or global
variable, *NEVER* to the field of an object or class.


Alex