I like the transparancy and clearity of python, and the explicit self fits beautifully. Allowing a second way of defining your methods would only confuse newbies more I would think.
I was a newby only half a year ago (or maybe I still am). The explicit self seems weird the very first time you see it, but very soon you see the beauty of it. The error message may be confusing sometimes, but as Guido says, I guess it's better to fix the error message rather than changing the language. -1 for me! As for the $ stuff, it makes things less transparant and yes, it's looks rather ugly. -1 on this one as well. Almar
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