On 10/24/2010 7:39 PM, James Mills wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 9:21 AM, chad <cdal...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I just saw this technique used in python script that was/is used to >> automatically log them in myspace.com. Hence the question. > > Function/Method Chaining is probably used a lot in Python itself: > >>>> x = 4 >>>> x.__add__(1).__sub__(3) > 2 > > The implementation of many common operators return self (the object > you're working with). > You surely aren't trying to suggest that (4).__add__(1) returns 4?
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