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Python Object-Oriented Python (retired) Hack-n-Slash OO Overview

Keerthi Suria Kumar Arumugam
Keerthi Suria Kumar Arumugam
4,585 Points
Posted by Keerthi Suria Kumar Arumugam
Keerthi Suria Kumar Arumugam
4,585 Points

Are methods objects too?

Are methods in Python objects too ?

1 Answer

Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson
132,143 Points
Chris Adamson
Chris Adamson
132,143 Points

A method is an object in the sense that it has methods and properties, and you can query those properties and invoke methods on it:

>>> def a():
...     pass
...
>>> dir(a)
['__call__', '__class__', '__closure__', '__code__', '__defaults__', '__delattr_
_', '__dict__', '__doc__', '__format__', '__get__', '__getattribute__', '__globa
ls__', '__hash__', '__init__', '__module__', '__name__', '__new__', '__reduce__'
, '__reduce_ex__', '__repr__', '__setattr__', '__sizeof__', '__str__', '__subcla
sshook__', 'func_closure', 'func_code', 'func_defaults', 'func_dict', 'func_doc'
, 'func_globals', 'func_name']
>>>