Question

I have a weird python NameError that is confounding me, and completely stopping the work on the project I am working on. When I run the code on my machine running python 2.7.1 I get a NameError, but a coworker can run the code fine on his machine. The indentation is all spaces around the line the error occurs as well. Here’s the code

"""File: GatoTest.py"""  
""" bunch of imports """
from Gato import *

def usage():
  """irrelevant code"""
  app = AlgoWin()

And the code in Gato does include a class AlgoWin with an empty constructor

class AlgoWin(Frame):
  def __init__(self, parent=None, graph_panes=None, paned=False, experimental=False):
    """irrelevant code"""

The error is thrown on the line app=AlgoWin(), and the exact message is

NameError: name ‘AlgoWin’ is not defined

I’m at a complete loss at this point, thanks in advance for any help or direction.

Answer 1

This seems like the import isn’t importing the right code. Try using from Gato import AlgoWin (which is better practice anyway); you’ll probably get an ImportError there.

Have you moved Gato.py? Check for any stray .pyc files that might be confusing the interpreter.