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Date: Sat, 23 May 2015 04:11:28 +1000
Subject: Re: Ah Python, you have spoiled me for all other languages
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On Sat, May 23, 2015 at 3:47 AM, Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>  * When used in a browser, the rather odd meanings of 'this' in
>    certain situations.

Yes. Closures can retain state exactly the way you'd expect them to,
yet what Python would call a bound method (another way of retaining
state, specifically the object before the dot) is just... a function.
I find this nothing but bizarre. It basically demotes 'this' to the
position of any other argument, only it's implicit.

ChrisA