On Class namespaces, calling methods

[Duncan Booth]

vsoler <vicente.soler at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Apr 10, 4:46 pm, Duncan Booth <duncan.bo... at invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> vsoler <vicente.so... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I get the following error message:
>>
>> >      TypeError: m() takes no arguments (1 given)
>>
<snip>
>> Which version of Python are you using? Python 2.6 gives:
>>
>> TypeError: unbound method m() must be called with Uno instance as first
>> argument (got nothing instead)
>>
<snip>
 
> Hello Duncan,
> 
> Your error message is correct if you use         class Uno(object):
> However, the error message is different under    class Uno:
> 

Odd. That's not what I get:

Python 2.6.1 (r26:67517, Dec  4 2008, 16:59:09) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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IDLE 2.6.1      
>>> class Uno:
    a=1
    def m():
        print "mouse"

        
>>> Uno.m()

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
    Uno.m()
TypeError: unbound method m() must be called with Uno instance as first argument (got nothing instead)
>>> 

Anyway, the moral is never, ever to use old-style classes in Python 2.x. 
You will get weird and unexpected results.