noob question: "TypeError" wrong number of args

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

In <TFR5g.66612$F_3.16905 at newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, Edward Elliott
wrote:

> I can prove that assertion too: make a simple text processor that reads
> Python source code and outputs the same source code with only one change:
> insert the string 'self" as the first parameter of every "def somemethod". 
> Next run the output source code with the normal Python interpreter. 
> Everything functions *exactly* as before because the code is *exactly* the
> same as what you would have written if you'd put the 'self's in there
> manually.  Now make the Python interpreter invoke this text processor as
> the first step in processing source code.  Voila, python + implicit self.  

Okay, let's start with writing a simple text processor for this little
mess::

    def b(c):
        def d(r, *s, **t):
            print '***'
            c(r, *s, **t)
        return d
    
    
    class A:
        @b
        def a(x, y, z):
            print y, z
            x.e(23)

    def e(u, v):
        print u, v
    
    class B:
        def e(v, w):
            print 'spam', v, w
    
    A.e = e
    x = A()
    x.a('answer', 42)
    e('eric', 'viking')
    A.a(x, 'ham', 'eggs')

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch