David <davidsh...@googlemail.com> writes: > Out of 'Abc.message' and 'self.message', which is the favoured > convention?
It's not a matter of convention. They mean different things, so you use each depending on what you mean. > It would be very easy to accidentally override 'self.messages' with an > instance attribute! Right. So you use ‘Abc.message’ when you specifically want a class independent of any instance, and you use ‘self.message’ when you want the attribute of this instance (with fallback to the usual resolution order). -- \ “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex… | `\ It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in | _o__) the opposite direction.” —Albert Einstein | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
