[Python-Dev] Let's get rid of unbound methods

[Aahz]

On Tue, Jan 04, 2005, Jim Fulton wrote:
> Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>
>> and the overloading of
>>unbound and bound methods on the same object type is confusing. Also,
>>the type checking offered is wrong, because it checks for subclassing
>>rather than for duck typing.
> 
> duck typing?

"If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it must be a duck."

Python is often referred to as having duck typing because even without
formal interface declarations, good practice mostly depends on
conformant interfaces rather than subclassing to determine an object's
type.
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