Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 16:42:21 +0000, Ron Adam wrote: > > >>>>>>>def beacon(self, x): >>>> >>>>... print "beacon + %s" % x >>>>... >>> >>> >>>Did you mean bacon? *wink* >> >>Of course... remembering arbitrary word letter sequences is probably my >>worst skill. ;-) That, and I think for some reason the name Francis >>Beacon was in my mind at the time. > > > I think you mean Francis Bacon *wink*
Yes, I mean him, Beacon is his fathers sirname. I'm not sure if Francis changed it or if his father did. (?) > This clearly shows that assigning a function to a class attribute invokes > whatever machinery Python uses to turn that function into a true method, > but assigning it to an instance does not. Actually I think I'm getting more confused. At some point the function is wrapped. Is it when it's assigned, referenced, or called? Cheers, Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
