> Steve Howell wrote:
> >     # def defines a method in Python
> >     def say_hello(name):
> >         print 'hello', name
> >     say_hello('Jack')
> >     say_hello('Jill')

> Doesn't def define methods *xor* functions,
> depending on the context?
> And in this example, say_hello (*yuck*, underscores
> ...) is certainly a
> function. Or is it that functions are considered
> "module-methods"?