Ka-Ping Yee wrote: > repr() must be unambiguous, because the interpreter must help people > learn by example. Speaking of which: >>> class A: ... def m(self): ... pass ... >>> a = A() >>> a.m <method A.m of A instance at 7f9b10> >>> m = a.m >>> m <method A.m of A instance at 7f9b10> >>> m is a.m 0 >>> ambiguated-ly y'rs - Gordon