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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-01-18 16:42:57 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-01-18 16:42:57 +0000
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downloadcpython-6e747b7c8bd4431d21e077d4338b075f8193d1ee.tar.gz
Note that genexps are function scopes too and therefore won't see class attributes.
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@@ -52,7 +52,13 @@ variable is defined in a block, its scope includes that block. If the
definition occurs in a function block, the scope extends to any blocks contained
within the defining one, unless a contained block introduces a different binding
for the name. The scope of names defined in a class block is limited to the
-class block; it does not extend to the code blocks of methods.
+class block; it does not extend to the code blocks of methods -- this includes
+generator expressions since they are implemented using a function scope. This
+means that the following will fail::
+
+ class A:
+ a = 42
+ b = list(a + i for i in range(10))
.. index:: single: environment