[Python-Dev] Equality on method objects

Mon Mar 10 16:56:27 CET 2008

Phillip J. Eby wrote:
> At 12:26 PM 3/10/2008 +0100, Armin Rigo wrote:
>> In general, "x.append" is interchangeable with "x.append" even if
>> "x.append is not x.append", so let's go for the least surprizing
>> behavior: "m1.im_self is m2.im_self and m1.im_func==m2.im_func".
>> Objection?
>> Nope; that's exactly what I proposed at the end of the email quoted above.

+1 here - this is the behaviour I would expect if attempting to provide 
a called-once-only guarantee for a callback list.
Regards,
Nick.
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