donkeyboy wrote: > 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!! >
Hi, Take a look at the following FAQ on the python homepage: http://www.python.org/infogami-faq/general/why-must-self-be-used-explicitly-in-method-definitions-and-calls/ -Farshid -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
