>>> from difflib import HtmlDiff >>> import string >>> a = "These are words." >>> b = "These are worlds." >>> c = difflib.HtmlDiff Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? NameError: name 'difflib' is not defined >>> c = HtmlDiff >>> c.make_table(a, b) Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in ? TypeError: unbound method make_table() must be called with HtmlDiff instance as first argument (got str instance instead) >>>