odd difference calling function from class or instance variable

Hello, This is my first post here so please gently inform me of any etiquette breaches. I'm seeing a behaviour I can't explain with Python 3.4.1 when I call a function via a reference stored in an object. When I assign the reference as a class variable, the reference has __self__ set, too,

Re: odd difference calling function from class or instance variable

Thanks to both of you for your incredibly prompt replies. My homework for tonight is to digest the descriptor protocol... Peter, thanks for suggesting using staticmethod() to get the behaviour I was expecting. I've only used staticmethod as a decorator before now. Chris, I agree that it's n