TypeError: no arguments expected

[Steve Holden]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2005 22:00:55 -0500, shawn a <boris317 at gmail.com>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
> 
>>I havet these 2 files in the same dir. This is code im writing to learn pythong
>>mkoneurl.py:
>>#! /usr/bin/env python
>>
>>import make_ou_class
>>
>>run = make_ou_class.makeoneurl()
> 
> 
> 	Okay, you've just defined a "run" object that contains an instance
> of "makeoneurl"... What do you expect it to do?
> 
Let's get the terminology right: sloppy terminology leads to sloppy 
thinking. The statement binds the name "run" to a newly-created 
"make_one_url" instance. Remember, "run" isn't an object, it's a 
reference to an object like all Python names.
> 
>>====================================
>>make_ou_class.py:
>>
> 
> 	Well, first off... You need to /supply/ a placeholder for "self".
> ALL methods of a class receive the instance as the first argument. So...
> 
Again you need to be a little careful here, since we now have class 
methods and static methods to cloud the picture. So it would be more 
accurate to say that "instance methods are all automatically called with 
a reference to the instance as the first argument; it is conventional to 
use the name 'self' to refer to the instance".
> 
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regards
  Steve
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