NameError with class variable

Asked May 02 '18 at 16:06

Active May 02 '18 at 16:09

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Soppose such a minimal code:

class Dog:
    kind = 'canine'        
    def __init__(self, name):
        self.name = name   

class TestDog(Dog):
    print(kind)

It comes by error:

NameError: name 'kind' is not defined

Since the class attribute kind is inherited universally,
why NameError reported?

edited May 02 '18 at 16:09

Kevin

asked May 02 '18 at 16:06

AbstProcDo

Use Dog.kind to access the variable `kind` – May 02 '18 at 16:08
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BTW, your `TestDog` class is a bit odd. We don't normally put executable code like that into a class definition outside a method, except maybe to initialize a class attribute. – PM 2Ring May 02 '18 at 16:13

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