Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > "it(the" -- argument list, not the object -- ") is unpacked again
no, "it" refers to the bound method object, as 7stud would have realized if he'd read the entire paragraph. here's the relevant portion: /.../ a method object is created by packing (pointers to) the instance object and the function object just found together in an abstract object: this is the method object. When the method object is called with an argument list, it is unpacked again /.../ </F> -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list