7stud wrote: > On Apr 19, 5:37 am, Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It's nothing to do with the name lookup. Alex mentioned that to remind >> us that the magic "double-under" names are looked up on the type rather >> than the instance... > > P.next() > > vs. > > type(P).next() > > Where is the "double-under" name? > Try and stick with the main party. Here is the exact exchange (between Steven D'Aprano and Alex) to which I referred:
> Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > I thought that an iterator was any object that follows the iterator >> > protocol, that is, it has a next() method and an __iter__() method. > > The special methods need to be on the type -- having attributes of those > names on the instance doesn't help (applies to all special methods in > the normal, aka newstyle, object model; legacy, aka classic, classes, > work by slightly different and not entirely self-consistent semantics). So if you have a beef, it would appear to be with Alex? regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://del.icio.us/steve.holden Recent Ramblings http://holdenweb.blogspot.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
