bruno at modulix wrote: >> but these >> functions will be called from another method in the class, not from the >> instance itself. > > yes, they will: > > class Parrot(object): > def _func1(self, whatever): > print whatever > > def talk(self): > self._func1('vroom') > HTH.
yes, all your posts did help...this is exactly what i ended up doing, and i see now why i needed to make them regular methods, despite the fact that they weren't used outside the class (because the instance was still used *inside* the class to call them) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list