There's GOT to be a better way!

[Earl Eiland]

On Thu, 2005-03-03 at 16:46, Steven Bethard wrote:
> Earl Eiland wrote:
> > module.py
> > 	def A():
> > 		test = 1
> > 		for x in range(10): B()
> >  	
> > 	def B():
> > 		test = test + 1
> > 
> > 
> > main.py
> > 	import module
> > 	module.A()
> > 
> > This will fail, unless test is passed and returned.
> 
> (Sorry if this sent twice.  It wasn't appearing for me the first time.)
> 
> You can use global here, though I wouldn't advise it.
> 
> ---------- module.py ----------
> def A():
>      global test
>      test = 1
>      for x in range(10):
>          B()
> def B():
>      global test
>      test = test + 1
> -------------------------------
> 
> py> import module
> py> module.A()
> py> module.test
> 11
> 
> This looks like it might be simpler with a class, e.g.:
> 
> ---------- module.py ----------
> class A(object):
>      def __init__(self):
>          self.test = 1
>          for x in range(10):
>              self.B()
>      def B(self):
>          self.test += 1
> -------------------------------
> 
> py> import module
> py> a = module.A()
> py> a.test
> 11
> 
> STeVe

Guess I'm just gonna have to break down and figure out how to work with
classes!