Re: How modules work in Python

From	Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au>
Subject	Re: How modules work in Python
Date	2014-11-17 12:23 +1100
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Abdul Abdul <abdul.sw84@gmail.com> writes:

> Thanks for your nice explanation. For your answer on one of my
> questions:

(Please use “interleaved” posting style, for showing quoted material and
your responses <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style>.)

> * Modules don't have methods. open is an ordinary function in the module.*
>
> Isn't "method" and "function" used interchangeably?

No (or more accurately: if someone does use those interchangeably,
they're not correctly describing Python).

A method is always a function, but a function is not always a method.

A method is a function bound to a specific object instance.

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Ben Finney

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