Forgetting "()" when calling methods

[Aahz]

In article <698f09f8.0304262115.386c2571 at posting.google.com>,
Jeremy Fincher <tweedgeezer at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Perhaps the answer is to remove the __nonzero__ method on
>functions/methods.  Logically, what purpose does it serve?

"I see no __nonzero__ method here."

Anyone wanna guess what quote I'm mangling?  ;-)

Anyway, all objects that do not implement a __nonzero__ method are true:

>>> class C: pass
...
>>> x = C()
>>> print not(not x)
1
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