Nested scopes hitch

[Aahz]

In article <mailman.1018261577.4898.python-list at python.org>,
Graham Ashton  <gashton at cmedltd.com> wrote:
>
>I remember being slightly surprised by the fact that self finds class
>variables. Is there any particular reason why, considering that the you
>can reference them as ClassName.var anyway?

It's part of the whole superclass lookup mechanism:

    class A:
        def foo(self):
            print "!"

    class B(A):
        pass

    B().foo()
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