Robert Dailey wrote:
This is an example of a response I'm looking for:
"The self parameter is required because the parser is a bit old and
needs to know the exact object you're referencing"
This is _not_ an example of what I'm looking for:
"Specifying self is a great mysterious thing that we should never
question. Do not question the language! The language is mighty! Don't
bring C++ to Python!"
Fredrik Lundh has written a very clear explanation of this at
http://effbot.org/pyfaq/why-must-self-be-used-explicitly-in-method-definitions-and-calls.htm
(or http://bit.ly/3EUiCf if you don't feel like stitching that URL back
together...)
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