Yes, apparently your example will work correctly. Now think what will happen if you need to move that not_found variable to the same file as that code (so it w

Yes, apparently your example will work correctly. Now think what will happen if you need to move that not_found variable to the same file as that code (so it will no longer be a dotted name). If you do it manually you need to be extra careful, if you use an automatic tool either it will reject the change or will need to create a dummy class or something in the process.