Strange varargs issue

[Fredrik Lundh]

Mike wrote:

>    __f.func(a)
> TypeError: func() takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)
> 
> How can this possibly be?  The "caller" print statement obviously
> shows "a" is singular.

__f.func(a) is a method call, and methods always get the object itself 
as an extra initial argument.  to fix this, add "self" to the method 
signature:

class foobar(object):
     def func(self, arg):
         print 'foobar.func: %r' % arg

see the tutorial for more info.

 > I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm just not understanding
 > something correctly.

you are aware that blaming your mistakes on bugs in widely used code is 
somewhat rude, right?

    http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id306617

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