[python] TypeError: worker() takes 0 positional arguments but 1 was given

another use case for this error is when you import functions within the class definition. this makes the subsequent function calls a part of the class object. In this case you can use @staticmethod on the library import function or make a static path call directly to the function. see example below

In this example "self.bar()" will throw a TypeError, but it can be fixed in two ways

# in lib.py
def bar():
  print('something to do')

# in foo.py
class foo():
  from .lib import bar

  def __init__(self):
    self.bar()

Option 1:

# in lib.py
def bar():
  print('something to do')

# in foo.py
class foo():
  from .lib import bar

  def __init__(self):
    lib.bar()

Option 2:

# in lib.py:
@staticmethod
def bar():
  print('something to do')

# in foo.py
class foo():
  from .lib import bar

  def __init__(self):
    self.bar()