Re: Python IDE/Eclipse

2011-08-27 Thread UncleLaz
On Aug 26, 5:18 pm, Dave Boland wrote: > I'm looking for a good IDE -- easy to setup, easy to use -- for Python. >   Any suggestions? > > I use Eclipse for other projects and have no problem with using it for > Python, except that I can't get PyDev to install.  It takes forever, > then produces an

Re: Why do class methods always need 'self' as the first parameter?

2011-09-01 Thread UncleLaz
On Aug 31, 5:35 pm, "T. Goodchild" 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 l