Ask for help about class variable scope (Re: Why doesn't a dictionary work in classes?)

[Terry Reedy]

On 12/26/2018 9:53 PM, jfong at ms4.hinet.net wrote:
> I saw the code below at stackoverflow. I have a little idea about the scope of a class, and list comprehension and generator expressions, but still can't figure out why Z4 works and Z5 not. Can someone explain it? (in a not-too-complicated way:-)
> 
> class Foo():
>      XS = [15, 15, 15, 15]
>      Z4 = sum(val for val in XS)

The iterable passed in to the comprehension is XS.

>      try:
>          Z5 = sum(XS[i] for i in range(len(XS)))

The iterable passed in to the comprehension function is range(len(XS)). 
XS is a class name, not a global or outer function local name, hence 
invisible to the inner function.

>      except NameError:
>          Z5 = None
> 
> print(Foo.Z4, Foo.Z5)
>>>> 60 None
> 
> 
> --Jach
> 


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Terry Jan Reedy