Doug wrote: [...] > The explicit self is there simply because OOP was tacked onto python as > an afterthought.
No, it was added in such a way that Python would be useful as a procedural as well as an OO language. I don't know what's got into me. can't-normally-say-boo-to-a-goose-ly y'rs - steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list