[Python-3000] A plus for naked unbound methods

[Mark Seaborn]

Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:

> Mark Seaborn wrote:
> > It appears that unbound methods do what you want in the general case
> > in Python 2.5 and 2.6.  It's just that __lt__ behaves unlike normal
> > unbound methods.  So this isn't an argument against unbound methods,
> > it's an argument for __lt__ not to be a special case.
> 
> It is not a special case.
> 
>  >>> def C(object): pass
> ...
> 
>  >>> C.__hash__ == object.__hash__
> False
> 
>  >>> C.__str__ == object.__str__
> False

I assume you meant to use "class" instead of "def", in which case most
of the attributes do compare the way you want:

>>> class C(object): pass
... 
>>> C.__hash__ == object.__hash__
True
>>> C.__str__ == object.__str__
True

# But in Python 2.6:
>>> C.__lt__ == object.__lt__
False

Mark