On Dec 8, 7:44 pm, MonkeeSage <MonkeeS... at gmail.com> wrote: > I think it muddies the water to say that a.a() and a.a are the same > thing--obviously they are not. A thing is not what it is; A thing is what it does. This is the Way of the Duck. -- Basho (in his "3 extra syllables" phase)