Class in function
examples/oop/class_in_function.py
def creator(): class MyClass: def __init__(self): print('__init__ of MyClass') print('before creating instance') o = MyClass() print(o) print(o.__class__.__name__) creator() # before creating instance # __init_ of MyClass # <__main__.creator.<locals>.MyClass object at 0x7fa4d8d581c0> # MyClass # Cannot use it outside of the function: # MyClass() # NameError: name 'MyClass' is not defined