File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/__init__.py", line 16, in <module> from .application import * File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/application.py", line 31, in <module> from IPython.config.configurable import SingletonConfigurable File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/config/configurable.py", line 33, in <module> from IPython.utils.text import indent, wrap_paragraphs File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/utils/text.py", line 28, in <module> from IPython.external.path import path File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/IPython/external/path/__init__.py", line 2, in <module> from path import * File "/home/jhammel/python/path.py", line 25 print root(path) ^

def environment():
    print 'hi'

class Foo(object):
    environment = environment

foo = Foo()

class Bar(object):
    def __init__(self):
        self.environment = environment
bar = Bar()

import unittest
class TestBinding(unittest.TestCase):
    """weird!"""
    def test_binding(self):
        self.assertEqual(foo.environment, environment)
    def test_class_level(self):
        self.assertEqual(Foo.environment, environment)
    def test_on_init(self):
        self.assertEqual(bar.environment, environment)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    unittest.main()