difference between class methods and instance methods

[Antoon Pardon]

Op 2005-02-17, Diez B. Roggisch schreef <deetsNOSPAM at web.de>:
> John wrote:
>> ... hmm... bound methods get created each time you make
>> a call to an instance method via an instance of the given class?
>
> No, they get created when you create an actual instance of an object.

I'm not so sure about that. Take the following code:

>>> class A:
...   def m():
...     pass
... 
>>> a = A()
>>> u = a.m
>>> u is a.m
False

If bound methods were created at instance creation one would expect
a True result here instead of False.

-- 
Antoon Pardon