strange problem with def in class

[Johan]

I don't get it:
I'm trying to write a "readfile" function which would replace some code from
a __init__ function:

1    import string
2    class landdict:
3        def __init__(self, file):
4                # Laadt de dictionnary van landen.
5                # Kijk in de actiefspel-file voor de file van waaruit je
moet laden.
6                self.ld = {}
7                f = open(file, "r")
8                line = f.readline()
9                if line[0] == "#":
10                    line = f.readline()
11              while line != "":
12                    key = line[0:3]
13                    self.ld[key] = string.split(line[4:], ':')
14                    line = f.readline()
15              print self.ld

So I would like to replace the code from line 7 to line 14 with

readfile(filename)

while

def readfile(filename) is another function in the class

but I can't define this function.... when I call the function the
interpreter throws an exception of unknown function
what am I doing wrong?
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Johan Potums
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3000 Leuven

johan.potums at student.kuleuven.ac.be



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