> OK, looking into my original code, Test.Func1 was a Function, Test.Func2 was > a Bound Method, and MyClass.Func2 was an unbound method. > My question then is: Why is Test.Func1 not a bound method? > This isn't really an IronPython question but...
After you use Python for a while, you'll realize that such behavior would be very bad. An instance might want to simply cache a function for usage later. If just putting the function into the instance dictionary changed its signature, that would be a Bad Thing. Being able to add methods to a class at runtime for ALL instances to use -- well, that is a Good Thing. If you want to override the behavior of the class in specific instances, you probably want those instances to be subclasses instead. If you want to change that behavior *at runtime*, you can dynamically change an instance's class:: inst.__class__ = SomeOtherClass What are you trying to do that is leading you to desire this behavior? Your question might not seem so silly (sorry) if we can see the problem you are trying to solve. I'm sure that once you see the "Pythonic" way to do it, you'll like it better. >>> class spam : pass ... >>> def eggs(self) : print self ... >>> spam.eggs = eggs >>> spam.eggs is eggs False >>> eggs <function eggs at 0x00A50330> >>> spam.eggs <unbound method spam.eggs> >>> s = spam() >>> s.eggs is eggs False >>> s.eggs <bound method spam.eggs of <__main__.spam instance at 0x00A4EAA8>> >>> s.eggs = eggs >>> s.eggs is eggs True >>> s.eggs <function eggs at 0x00A50330> >>> s.__class__ <class __main__.spam at 0x008F9330> >>> class OldSpam(spam) : ... def eggs(self) : ... print 42 ... >>> os = OldSpam() >>> os.eggs() 42 >>> s.eggs() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> TypeError: eggs() takes exactly 1 argument (0 given) >>> del s.eggs >>> s.eggs() <__main__.spam instance at 0x00A4EAA8> >>> s.__class__ = OldSpam >>> s.eggs() 42 >>> Hope this helps. cheers Drew _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@lists.ironpython.com http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
