Re: Reasoning behind 'self' parameter in classes?

[Brett g Porter]

Robert Dailey wrote:

This is an example of a response I'm looking for:
"The self parameter is required because the parser is a bit old and
needs to know the exact object you're referencing"
>
This is _not_ an example of what I'm looking for:
"Specifying self is a great mysterious thing that we should never
question. Do not question the language! The language is mighty! Don't
bring C++ to Python!"
>

Fredrik Lundh has written a very clear explanation of this at

http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-must-self-be-used-explicitly-in-method-definitions-and-calls.htm

(or http://bit.ly/3EUiCf if you don't feel like stitching that URL back
together...)

[bearophileHUGS@lycos.com]

Re: Reasoning behind 'self' parameter in classes?

Brett g Porter:

Fredrik Lundh has written a very clear explanation of this athttp://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-must-self-be-used-explicitly-in-method-de...

Today lot of people know that Ruby exists, so such FAQ explanation
must explain why Python doesn't use a shorter syntax like for example
@foo to denote instance attributes (and maybe @@baz for the class
attributes).

Bye,
bearophile