In Python 2.x, names outside the local scope are wholly inaccessible except by passing them in, unless they happen to be in the global scope. I have a class that has a couple of read-only/constant ...

Python scope resolution is based on what is known as the LEGB rule, which is shorthand for L ocal, E nclosing, G lobal, B uilt-in. Even though it looks pretty simple, it’s was very confusing for ...