[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Antoine De Groote: >> Allowing "$" as a substitute for "self" wouldn't require this new syntax. >> class C: >> def method($, arg): >> $.value = arg > > I think this (that is just sugar) may be a little better: > > class C: > def method($, arg): > $value = arg
Well, in this case there would be no need to have the $ in the arguments list, as it would be like a "keyword", or a keysymbol in this case, like the "this" keyword in Java for instance. I dislike this even more than the dotted version. > > Or even this, combined with the idea suggested in the post by Guido: > > class C: > def $method(arg): > $value = arg > > (Note there's no point after $, it's not currently possible). > Ruby uses @ and @@ for similar purposes. > I agree that the code looks worse, but also shorter to read and write, > so in lines of code that use many instance attributes, that short $ > syntax helps keep the line shorter. So I may grow to accept this > sugar... > > Bye, > bearophile -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
