On 2011-08-31, T. Goodchild <tgoodch...@gmail.com> wrote: > I?m new to Python, and I love it. The philosophy of the > language (and of the community as a whole) is beautiful to me. > > But one of the things that bugs me is the requirement that all > class methods have 'self' as their first parameter. On a gut > level, to me this seems to be at odds with Python?s dedication > to simplicity.
Think it through carefully, and you'll probably agree with Python's design. But not necessarily. In any case, this is a very common complaint, so check out the Python FAQ. http://docs.python.org/faq/design.html#why-self -- Neil Cerutti "A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man." e. e. cummings -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
