[Zope] 'self' in external methods

[Chris Withers]

Andrew Kenneth Milton wrote:
> 
> +-------[ seb ]----------------------
> | Hello,
> |
> | Whenever I do a
> | >  def play(self,sound):
> | >    return sound
> 
> You don't define self as a parameter to an external method, so:
> 
> def play(sound):
> 
> will work fine in an external method.

It's not as simple as that. The mechnism involved here is complex and
arguably broken.
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cheers,

Chris