On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 04:14:33 -0800, n.estner wrote: [snip]
>> Since namespaces are critical to Python, your test code is a problem that >> just cannot happen in Python. It is a non-issue. Python will not get >> confused between the two definitions of test. > > I've been answering to Donn Cave's suggestion. Read it, and you will > understand what I mean. Your reply came through as I was writing my reply, and it does help explain your position better. >> As near as I can tell, your original complaint might be solved simply: it >> seems to me that you are concerned about that extraneous "self" parameter >> for methods that don't need it: > > No, I wasn't talking about functions that don't use the "self" > parameter. I rarely ever have such functions. I just tried to make the > example as short as possible. I understand that now :-) -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list