In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jordan wrote: > On Jul 24, 8:01 pm, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > central.gen.new_zealand> wrote: > >> In message >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >> Jordan wrote: >> >> > Except when it comes to Classes. I added some classes to code that had >> > previously just been functions, and you know what I did - or rather, >> > forgot to do? Put in the 'self'. In front of some of the variable >> > accesses, but more noticably, at the start of *every single method >> > argument list.* >> >> The reason is quite simple. Python is not truly an "object-oriented" >> language. It's sufficiently close to fool those accustomed to OO ways of >> doing things, but it doesn't force you to do things that way. You still >> have the choice. An implicit "self" would take away that choice. > > You could still explicitly request non-implicit self on a method by > method basis.
That would mean making OO the default. Which Python doesn't do. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
