Function variable scope in python

Question

let\'s say we have two functions:

def ftpConnect(): 
    ftp = FTP(\'server\')
    ftp.login()
    ftp.cwd(\'/path\')

def getFileList():
    ftpConnect()
    fi         


        

Answer 1

In my opinion, the most elegant solution would be to make a FTP-class, which would have the ftp-variable as a private attribute.

class FTPConnection(object):
    def __init__(self, server):
        self._ftp = FTP(server)

    def connect(self): 
       self._ftp.login()
       self._ftp.cwd('/path')


    def getFileList():
        files = self._ftp.nlst()
        print(files)

ftp = FTPConnection('server')
ftp.connect()
ftp.getFileList()