Method / Functions - What are the differences?

[John Posner]

[ cross-posting to edu-sig ]

Bruno (and anyone else interested) --

As I promised/threatened, here's the *start* of a write-up on 
properties, aimed at non-advanced Python programmers:

   http://www.jjposner.net/media/python-properties-0310.pdf

I'm interested in corrections, of course. But I'm also interested in 
opinions as to whether this somewhat lengthy treatment is worth the 
effort -- does it improve on existing write-ups?

Tx,
John