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Comment by xtho | Hacker News Reader

    And before you ask what about a method without an object, understand that they do not exist.

Technically, there are unbound methods (i.e. methods with no object) but you can't call them.

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Technically they exist, but I think it's an oxymoron because it must be bound to be usable. To be honest, I still can't figure out a reason you'd ever use one.

Do you have an idea of when they're useful?

Perhaps more technically, unbound methods _are_ objects (as are [bound] methods, procs, etc.).

You are right of course.

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