In message <pan.2009.04.01.00.57...@remove.this.cybersource.com.au>, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:05:13 -0700, frolib wrote: > >> I find explicit self much easier to understand if i replace it in my >> mind with the word "instance". I know that using the word "self" though >> is a strong convention. > > Call it "self", "instance", "me" or "One" (as in, One is not amused) in > your own code, it's all the same. Earlier versions of the Python docs said that the name "self" was expected by certain documentation-extraction tools. I can't find that statement any more. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
