On Nov 22, 8:43 pm, Bruno Desthuilliers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Colin J. Williams a écrit : > > > > > [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? > > <dead-horse-beaten-to-hell-and-back> > > Python's "methods" are thin wrapper around functions, created at lookup > time (by the __get__ method of the function type). What you define in a > class statement are plain functions, period. So there's just no way to > do what you're suggesting. > > </dead-horse-beaten-to-hell-and-back>
The object model is irrelevant here. The substitution is purely syntactical and gets resolved at compile time: def foo(first, ...): .bar = ... is always equivalent with: def foo(first, ...): first.bar = ... and generates the same bytecode. Whether this is helpfull, beautifull or necessary is another issue. Kay -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list