Dynamic class methods misunderstanding

[Bill Mill]

On 28 Jan 2005 15:41:49 GMT, F. Petitjean <littlejohn.75 at news.proxad.net> wrote:
> Le Fri, 28 Jan 2005 10:20:30 -0500, Bill Mill a écrit :
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I have a misunderstanding about dynamic class methods. I don't expect
> > this behavior:
> >
> > In [2]: class test:
> >    ...:      def __init__(self, method):
> >    ...:         self.method = method
> >    ...:         self.method()
> >    ...:
> >
> > In [3]: def m(self): print self
> >    ...:
> >
> > In [4]: test(m)
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > exceptions.TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call
> >  last)
> >
> > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Wmill/<console>
> >
> > /cygdrive/c/Documents and Settings/Wmill/<console> in __init__(self, method)
> >
> > TypeError: m() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given)
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Why doesn't m get the implicit self parameter in the self.method()
> > call? How would I make it a proper member of the class, so that a
> > self.method() call would work with the above "m" function?
> The "def m(self):" was not properly indented. So here, "m" is a module level
> function, not a method of your class.

I know this; I should have been clearer. I want to define a function
outside of a class, then pass it to a class and make it a method of
that class.

> >
> > Peace
> > Bill Mill
> > bill.mill at gmail.com
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