On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:51:56 -0800, braver wrote: > Is there any trick to get rid of having to type the annoying, > character-eating "self." prefix everywhere in a class?
Oh I know! It' uch a pain. Sinc writing a hug cla lat wk, I'v had a trribl hortag o lowrca S E L and F charactr. It mak writing vry annoying. > Sometimes I avoid OO just not to deal with its verbosity. There are other values than brevity. In fact, brevity is one of the less important values. > In fact, I try to use > Ruby anywhere speed is not crucial especially for @ prefix is better- > looking than self. Well, it takes all sorts I suppose. Who would those with good taste mock if everybody liked the same things? > But things grow -- is there any metaprogramming tricks or whatnot we can > throw on the self? Oh yeah, that's just what I like to see! Complicated, brittle, hard to debug, difficult to understand metaprogramming tricks in preference to a simple, easy-to-read naming convention. -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
