On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 22:54, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
> This is misleading, since C().method is a bound method which takes one
> argument, x, not two. I find myself wishing that Python distinguished
> between ArgumentError and other TypeErrors, so that the method wrapper
> of bound methods could simply catch ArgumentError and subtract 1 from
> each argument count.
But how exactly could it distinguish between various levels of call nesting?
class C:
def a(self, i): return self.b(i)
def b(self, j): return self.c(j)
def c(self, k): return self.a()
What should C.a(), C().a(), and C().a(1) each yield? Does it change if
c(self, k) calls C.a(self)?
--
Michael Urman
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