On Aug 21, 11:07 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm confused about why i get a type error when i call an object's > method. Here's the example code:>>> class Foo: > > def __init__(self): > self.foo = [] > def foo(self): > print "in foo!" > > >>> f = Foo() > >>> dir(f) > > ['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'foo'] > > >>> f.foo() > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#32>", line 1, in <module> > f.foo() > TypeError: 'list' object is not callable > >
You've redefined what "f.foo" means in __init__. It's no longer a class method, but an attribute of the instance--the list. You can't call a list. Do this to show what I mean: >>> f.foo [] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
