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Released methods, like in Python 3

Released Python 2 methods that act like unbound methods from Python 3. You can actually call them without an instance.

Normal Python 2 behavior:

    >>> class MyClass(object):
    ...     def my_method(self):
    ...         return self
    >>> MyClass.my_method(1)
    Traceback (most recent call last):
        ...
    TypeError: unbound method my_method() must be called with MyClass instance
               as first argument (got int instance instead)

Released behavior:

    >>> from released import object
    >>> class MyClass(object):
    ...     def my_method(self):
    ...         return self

    >>> # An instance method like before.
    >>> my_instance = MyClass()
    >>> my_instance.my_method
    <bound method MyClass.my_method of <MyClass object at ...>>
    >>> my_instance.my_method()
    <MyClass object at ...>

    >>> # As a released class method.
    >>> MyClass.my_method
    <function my_method at ...>
    >>> MyClass.my_method(1)
    1