Question

If so, how would you do this.

def methodname(self, blah, blah)
^how do I place a function inside this.

Answer 1

Yes, you just stick a def inside. You can even nest whole classes inside functions and methods:

class Foo(object):
    def method(self, bar):
        def inner(magic):
            class Madness(object):
                def __init__(inself, foo): inself.foo = foo
            return Madness(magic)
        return inner(bar)