some questions....

[Brian Quinlan]

Tim Roberts wrote:

> >if __name__ == '__main__':
> >    a = 3;
> >    b = 4;
> >    c = simple(a)
> 
> At this point, the variable "C" does not exist.  That's why you get an
> error.  What surprises ME is that it was able to find "c".  What that
> tells me is that the interpreter creates the object, assigns it to
"c",
> and THEN calls __init__.  __init__, then, is able to find the global
> variable "c".

Tim, you have gone completely crazy and I fear that you might spread
your insanity to others :-)

Look at the constructor implementation again. Those print statements are
not executed unless the constructor is called with 4 as an argument.
That doesn't happen until after c has been assigned.

Cheers,
Brian