-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 It's also worth noting that you can use a different name for the object that represents your class. If you did def __init__(foo):pass, then you would be able to access the class's objects with foo.objectname. Using self is simply the recommended standard.
Heiko Wundram wrote: > Am 03.08.2008, 12:51 Uhr, schrieb Equand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> how about changing the precious self. to . >> imagine >> >> self.update() >> >> .update() >> >> simple right? > > What about: > > class x: > > def x(self,ob): > ob.doSomethingWith(self) > > ? Not so simple anymore, isn't it? If you're not trolling, there's > hundreds of reasons why the explicit self is as it is, and it's not going > to go away, just as a thread that produced immense amounts of response > demonstrated around a week ago. Read that, and rethink. > > --- Heiko. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiVqEcACgkQLMI5fndAv9j8KgCgmS2e+bTOT+sUPLYhtHBOVlyq kxwAn028YSOGYGB4RyHZxYq6n4+tsSd+ =vH9d -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
