method names can be usurped by data attribute names we just talked about how there can only be one method of given name in class -regardless of the number of arguments taken by the method definitions as more general case of the same propertya class can have only one attribute of given name what that means is that if class definition contains class variable of given name after method attribute of the same name has been definedthe binding stored for the name in the namespace dictionary will correspond to the definition that came later purdue university