More Tkinter Help please...

Phlip phlip_cpp at yahoo.com
Thu Jun 13 23:26:18 EDT 2002


SA wrote:

> class PyShell:
>     def __init__(self, top):
...
>         self.b1 = Button(f, text="Execute", command=self.expyth)
>         self.b1.pack(side=LEFT)

>     def expyth(self):
>         output = os.popen("python -c").t1()

Those two 'def' markers /look like/ they are at the same level. But if your 
editor expands tabs to 4 spaces, and if the first def had 4 spaces before 
it, and the second def has 1 tab, Python's wonderful indent-based blocking 
system will assume you like mixed indent modes, and then assume that a tab 
is 8 spaces.

Then it will perceive the expyth as /inside/ the def __init__, where it's 
not a member of PyShell. So the dot inside self.expyth will not be able to 
find such a member.

Turn off tabs in your editor, perform a Tab to Space conversion (some few 
editors support that), and then manually adjust the block indentions.

Style tip: Give everything longer, more pronouncable, and more intent 
revealing names after you get this working.

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