Question about map() and class methods

[malraux at my-deja.com]

Hi all,

I was attempting to use a class method with map() the other day, and
failed miserably.

Basically, if I have a class foo:

class foo:
    def bar(self):
        return(whatever)

and I try to do this:

x = map(foo.bar, someListOfFoos)

The interpreter complains that foo.bar requires a class as its
argument.  Obviously, if it would only continue with the call, it would
discover that yes, indeed, it has a whole list of them to chew on.

I got around the problem by doing this:

def mapFooBar(self):
    foo.bar(self)

map(mapFooBar, someListOfFoos)

Which of course works fine.

What am I missing here?

Thanks,

-scott


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