[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Alexy: >> Sometimes I >> avoid OO just not to deal with its verbosity. In fact, I try to use >> Ruby anywhere speed is not crucial especially for @ prefix is better- >> looking than self. > > Ruby speed will increase, don't worry, as more people will use it. > > Bye, > bearophile
I don't see this as a big deal, but suppose that the syntax were expanded so that, in a method, a dot ".", as a precursor to an identifier, was treated as "self." is currently treated? References to the instance itself would continue to use "self". A lonely dot would get lost on the page. Initially, this form could be treated as an alternative, usage would determine its fate. Thus "self.name" or ".name" would identify the same object. Colin W. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
