donkeyboy> This is probably a really basic question, but anyway ... I'm
donkeyboy> new to both Python and OO programming. From looking at a
donkeyboy> number of code examples, the word "self" is used a lot when
donkeyboy> referring to classes. As such, what does "self" mean and/or
donkeyboy> do?
"self" is a name refering to the particular instance whose method is being
called. If I have
class C:
def __init__(self):
self.x = 7
def printx(self):
print self.x
a = C()
b = C()
If I call a.printx(), self will be bound to the same object a is bound to.
If I call b.printx(), it will be bound to the object b references.
The precise use of the name "self" is indeed simply a convention. You could
call it "barney" if that makes you feel better. ;-)
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