[Python-Dev] PEP 309: Partial method application

[Raymond Hettinger]

[Ian Bicking]
> I think partial() misses an important use case of method getting, for
> instance:
> 
>      lst = ['A', 'b', 'C']
>      lst.sort(key=partialmethod('lower'))

We've already got one:

       lst.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('lower'))


Raymond