[issue40033] Just defined class missing from scope

[Raymond Hettinger]

Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:

> I assumed that Level1A should already be in scope while defining 
> the insides of Level1B. But it isn't.

That analysis is correct.  Class namespaces don't nest like functions do.  The "enclosing" namespace is globals, not the surrounding class.

This isn't a bug, but it is understandable why you might assume otherwise.

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nosy: +rhettinger
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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