"Russ P." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Jan 27, 5:13 pm, Wildemar Wildenburger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > class Server(object): > > def __init__(self, self.host, self.port, > > self.protocol, self.bufsize, self.timeout): > > pass > > > > ? > > That makes sense to me.
Not to me. 'self' is a name that doesn't exist until *after* that 'def' statement is completed; in any other statement, that would mean 'self.foo' in the same statement would raise a NameError. Special-casing it for a function declaration complicates the language for little gain: the rules of what is valid when become more complicated. Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules. -- \ "I took a course in speed waiting. Now I can wait an hour in | `\ only ten minutes." -- Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
