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

Another alternative design to consider:

When you find yourself trying to use classes as namespaces, it might make more sense to put the inner classes into a module of their own and make what were the attributes of the outer class global variables. In other words, if you never intend to instantiate your ParentClass, then it's just serving as a glorified module.

Global variables get a bad rap in most programming languages, but they are not truly global in Python, and are nicely encapsulated to the module.