python: What happens when class attribute, instance attribute, and method all have the same name?

Question

How does python differentiate a class attribute, instance attribute, and method when the names are the same?

class Exam(object):

    test = \"class var\"

          


        

Answer 1

How to call
class attribute, Exam.test

You can't because when executing def test(self) the name testis bound to the method in the class and the reference to "class var" is lost.

instance attribute test_o.test --> "Fine"

You already did that.

method test_o.test()

You can't call it that way because when executing self.test = n the name test is bound to whatever object n references in the instance and the reference to the method in the instance is lost.

But as pointed in other answers you can call the method in the class and pass the instance to it: Exam.test(test_o)