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Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 14:06:07 +0200
From: Thomas Jollans <t@jollybox.de>
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On 22/07/11 13:32, Karim wrote:
> 
> I think you did a typo
> 
> it is
> 
> def foo2(self, len = self._myvar):
>        while i<  len:
>      dosomething
> 

That, of course, won't work: the default argument (in this case:
"self._myvar") is looked up when the function is created, and stored
with the function. "self" does not exist at that point. (or, if it does,
it's the wrong "self")