[Python-Dev] Re: isinstance(x, types.UnboundMethodType) feature

[Michael Hudson]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> writes:

> "Gareth Ladd" <g.ladd at eris.qinetiq.com> wrote in message
> news:400D2420.7040701 at eris.qinetiq.com...
>> Am I missing an subtelty of bound/unbound-ness?
>
> As of 2.2, C.hello.im_self == None while c.hello.im_self == c.

Um, ITYM "As of 1.0.1" (which is the oldest version I could find when
I went looking recently).

> Presume still same in 2.3.  This is very much an implementation internal
> feature and not part of language definition.  (Meaning: can be changed
> without notice.)  

Doesn't mean it is changed very often, though :-)

> I believe this is how repr() tells difference.

It is.

Cheers,
mwh

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