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Cannot call a s-lang method in an object

Marco Herrn herrn at gmx.net
Mon Oct 21 16:10:23 EDT 2002 
In article <EPTs9.5433$q81.3006 at fe05>, Steve Holden wrote:
> 
> The exception that is being raised is almost certainly because you are
> defining a method with no arguments. Since the interpreter will always
> provide the instance as the first argument to a method call, it will be
> complaining about a one-argument call to a no-argument function. You should
> try first of all redefining your method as shown below.
> 
>     class Test:
>         def out(self):
>             SLsmg_write_string("test")
> 
> 
> However, as you have discovered it's more difficult to test in a framework
> that doesn't allow you to see the standard error output. Perhaps you need to
> consider running all this inside a try/except that will give you better
> access to the error messages.

Ohh, thanks. Of course this was the problem. I often forget the self
parameter. Normally I know it when I see the error message :-)
It works now. Thanks.

Marco

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