[Tutor] Defining a new class

[Deirdre Saoirse]

On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, VanL wrote:

>     def label(self):
>         return self.label

> >>> Me = LinkedList('MyName')
> >>> MyFriend = LinkedList('HisName', Me)
> >>> print Me.label()
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> TypeError: call of non-function (type string)
>
> I'm a little confused about that.  I'm calling a function, aren't I?

Well, insofar as you've defined a method AND a variable with the same
name, that would be interpreter dependent. Evidently it parses for the
variable first.



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