Eric Brunel wrote: > My actual question is: why does it work in one case and not in the other? > As I see it, int is just a function with one parameter, and the lambda is > just another one. So why does the first work, and not the second? What > 'black magic' takes place so that int is not mistaken for a method in the > first case? A python-coded function has a __get__ attribute, a C-function doesn't. Therefore C1.f performs just the normal attribute lookup while C2.f also triggers the f.__get__(C2(), C2) call via the descriptor protocol which happens to return a bound method.
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