"Jim Jewett" <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote in message news:fb6fbf560604131154o1b5ef33fg19d8c01a7e887118 at mail.gmail.com... > >>> # No syntax errors when creating m() > >>> class C: > def m(): pass >> but the method can't actually be called Unless it is wrapped as a staticmethod ;-) ... > >>> C().m() >> Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#102>", line 1, in -toplevel- > C().m() > TypeError: m() takes no arguments (1 given) >> Could it at least say something like "(1 given, including self)"? or perhaps '(self + 0 given' or '(instance + 0 more given)' Terry Jan Reedy