[Python-Dev] lament for the demise of unbound methods (original) (raw)

Raymond Hettinger raymond.hettinger at gmail.com
Sun Jul 7 05:30:44 CEST 2013

On Jul 4, 2013, at 2:34 AM, Brett Cannon <brett at python.org> wrote:

The loss of the ability to figure out the class from an unbound method seems quite an annoying step back from an introspection point of view.

It's only annoying if you take the perspective that methods are somehow special compared to functions. With the removal of bound class methods that makes methods == functions that are an attribute on a class. And when you take that perspective it makes having anything special about methods seem wrong. It also makes adding a function to a class post-class creation make more sense since there is no difference technically.

Well said, Brett.
This is a nice summary.

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