confused about why i get a type error when i call an object's method

[Duncan Smith]

pepper at rumbalski.com wrote:
> I'm confused about why i get a type error when i call an object's
> method.  Here's the example code:
> 
>>>>class Foo:
> 
> 	def __init__(self):
> 		self.foo = []
> 	def foo(self):
> 		print "in foo!"
> 
> 
> 
>>>>f = Foo()
>>>>dir(f)
> 
> ['__doc__', '__init__', '__module__', 'foo']
> 
>>>>f.foo()
> 
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<pyshell#32>", line 1, in <module>
>     f.foo()
> TypeError: 'list' object is not callable
> 
> 

Because f.foo is a list and you're trying to call it.  You need
different names for the list and the method (both self.foo above).

Duncan