Erik Max Francis wrote: > Ron Adam wrote: > >> When you call a method of an instance, Python translates it to... >> >> leader.set_name(leader, "John") > > > It actually translates it to > > Person.set_name(leader, "John") >
I thought that I might have missed something there. Is there a paper on how python accesses and stores instance data and methods? I googled but couldn't find anything that addressed this particular question. >>> class a(object): ... def x(self): ... print 'x' ... >>> b = a() >>> b <__main__.a object at 0x009D1890> >>> b.x <bound method a.x of <__main__.a object at 0x009D1890>> So what exactly is a bound method object? Does it possibly translates to something like the following? def x(*args, **kwds): self = ? return __class__.self(self, *args, **kwds) Cheers, Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list