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[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:02:23 +0000, Seebs wrote:

> I'm
> very new to Python, so I'm not 100% sure functions are a kind of an
> object, but I seem to recall they were.

Yes, functions are objects. *Everything* in Python is an object (apart 
from statements, but they're not actually *things* in Python).


>>> def f():
...     return f.x
...
>>> f.x = 2
>>> f()
2
>>> f.x = -1
>>> f()
-1


For some interesting glimpse at how Python works, create a function f and 
then look at dir(f).


-- 
Steven