Calling a function whch is inside a function

[yksingh1097]

Here is the code for example:

def funcOuter():
    print("funcOuter() called")

    def funcInner():
        print("funcInner() called")

    print("bye bye!!!")

and i want to call funcInner(). If i call it as funcOuter().funcInner() then it is saying

Output:
'NoneType' object has no attribute '

Can anyone solve it for me?

[Vysero]

Good question but I am going to skirt around the answer because I believe inner functions are used in python because (as you found out) they are protected. At least, that's what I have gathered so far (also new to python). There kind of like a private function in that their functionality is protected from the global scope.

In other words there is essentially no good reason or time when you are going to want to use method nested within another method and if you did you wouldn't.. instead, you would just make a private method completely separate from the other. If your still interested:

def functOuter():
  print("funcOuter() called")

  def functInner():
    print("funcInner() called")

  functInner()

functOuter()

[yksingh1097]

Good question but I am going to skirt around the answer because I believe inner functions are used in python because (as you found out) they are protected. At least, that's what I have gathered so far (also new to python). There kind of like a private function in that their functionality is protected from the global scope.

In other words there is essentially no good reason or time when you are going to want to use method nested within another method and if you did you wouldn't.. instead, you would just make a private method completely separate from the other. If your still interested:

def functOuter():
  print("funcOuter() called")

  def functInner():
    print("funcInner() called")

  functInner()

functOuter()

In your example, you are calling the inner function from the outer function, and it can be easily called because it in scope of it. It simply mean that we cannot call an inner function (from the class level scope or outer scope) because they are protected?

[buran]

protected is not precise. it imply that inner function still exists and is visible from outer/global scope, but not accessible (i.e. protected).
the scope of inner function is outer function. It is accessible only from within outer function, while outer function is executed, .

[yksingh1097]

protected is not precise. it imply that inner function still exists and is visible from outer/global scope, but not accessible (i.e. protected).
the scope of inner function is outer function. It is accessible only from within outer function, while outer function is executed, .

okay!! thanks Buran.