Peter Maas wrote: > Paul Boddie wrote: > > People who bring up stuff about self and indentation are just showing > > their ignorance, in my opinion, since Python isn't the first language > > to use self in such a way, and many C++ and Java programs use this > > pervasively in order to make attribute scope explicit, whereas the > > indentation matter is only troublesome with bad editing practices. I > > don't think the community should spend any more time on these > > criticisms. > > How many programmers don't use Python because of the self issue?
The only reason I know why self shall not be inforced is reducing the number of troll postings. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list