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Startec
Startec

Reputation: 13206

Namespacing issue in Python

I am using a program where Python is the native scripting language. Unfortunately, they have a native function that uses the name bytes. This causes a problem when I am trying to use the actual bytes built-in function, and it thinks I am referencing that built-in variable. I will show you what I mean, one object as the following built-in code:

def receive(row, table, message, bytes):
     #This is defined in the GUI

So, row, table, message, and bytes are all passed in as arguments, effectively overwriting the name bytes. So if I were to say bytes(something).decode() I get a TypeError: 'bytes' object is not callable

Is there any way to get out of this jam?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 58

Answers (2)

vaultah
vaultah

Reputation: 46533

Your problem is similar to this one. Just from builtins import bytes as _bytes; this will let you do _bytes(something).decode().

Although renaming the fourth argument is a better solution.

Upvotes: 3

falsetru
falsetru

Reputation: 368954

Use a different name for the fourth parameter (if you can change the signature of the function)

def receive(row, table, message, bytes_):
    #This is defined in the GUI

Upvotes: 3

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