import in a class

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Hi everybody,

Here is a file "test_import_scope.py":
##########
class a():
   import re
   def __init__( self ):
      if re.search( "to", "toto" ):
         self.se = "ok!"
   def print_se( self ):
      print self.se
a().print_se()
##########

When python executes this file, we obtain an error:

$ python test_import_scope.py
[...]
NameError: global name 're' is not defined

Why?

When the re module is imported in the __init__ function or out of the class
(at the top of the file), it works obviously perfectly.

Thanks in advance,

Julien

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