On Thu, 08 Feb 2007 03:00:39 -0800, king kikapu wrote: >> def modify(list_of_x): >> for x in list_of_x: >> try: >> x.change_in_place # don't call the method, just check it exists > > XXmmmm...what exactly is going on here ? I mean, what is actually > happens if you omit the parenethesis as you just did ? I understand > that it does not call the method, but what is really doing ??
The same as for any attribute: x.name gives the object referred to by the attribute name, and x.name() calls that object. He's a simple example: >>> def foo(): ... return "foo" ... >>> type(foo) # the name alone <type 'function'> >>> type(foo()) # call the function <type 'str'> -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
