Nested Python class needs to access variable in enclosing class

Question

I\'ve seen a few \"solutions\" to this, but the solution every time seems to be \"Don\'t use nested classes, define the classes outside and then use them normally\". I don\'

Answer 1

You can access the parent class through its name:

class ChildClass:

    name = None

    def __init__(self, stream):
        idx = stream.read_ui16()
        self.name = ParentClass.constant_pool[idx]

Then again, I'm not sure I understand what you are trying to achieve.