This is probably a really basic question, but anyway ... I'm new to both Python and OO programming. From looking at a number of code examples, the word "self" is used a lot when referring to classes. As such, what does "self" mean and/or do? I've read things that say it's a naming convention, but no-one has really spelt it out (in idiot form!) in a way I can understand.
Any help you can provide would be great: at the moment, when code doesn't work as expected, I'm randomly sprinkling "self"s in all over the place to see if that helps, but without much of an idea of what it really achieves. Thanks in advance!! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
