Distinguishing attributes and methods

[Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch]

On Sat, 08 Dec 2007 11:44:36 -0800, MonkeeSage wrote:

> On Dec 8, 12:56 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers
>> callable attributes are not necessarily methods, and are still
>> 'variables' anyway.
> 
> I think it muddies the water to say that a.a() and a.a are the same
> thing--obviously they are not.  In the common case, the first is a
> method, and the second is a variable.

No, the first is a call of `a.a` while the second is just referencing
`a.a`.  And `a.a` is a "variable" no matter if it refers to a callable or
not.  Variables are name to object bindings and methods are objects.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch