Re: How does "delegation" work as per the FAQ?

From: Jeff Epler (jepler_at_unpythonic.net)
Date: 12/25/03 

Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2003 14:20:57 -0600
To: Rene Pijlman <reply.in.the.newsgroup@my.address.is.invalid.unpythonic.net>

In Python, there's little difference between
        f = o.m
        f(3)
and
        o.m(3)
either way, the attribute 'm' is looked up on o in exactly the same
way. So the delegation pattern works no matter whether 'o.m' is a
method or is data.

Jeff

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