On Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:25:18 +0200 Torsten Bronger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Isn't this a showstopper all by itself? > > Yes. But I've seen no code that uses some other word. Emacs' > syntax highlighting even treats it as reserved. So I think that > other counter-arguments are stronger. > > The in my opinion strongest one is that automatic insertion of > "self" would make Python less verbose but more complicated.
Well, if we are arguing over which reason to not change it is more important than I would say that we are in "violent agreement." :-) -- D'Arcy J.M. Cain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Democracy is three wolves http://www.druid.net/darcy/ | and a sheep voting on +1 416 425 1212 (DoD#0082) (eNTP) | what's for dinner. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list