Westley MartÃnez <aniko...@gmail.com> Wrote in message: > I understand that in an object method the first argument in the object > itself, called self. However, it doesn't have to be called self, and can be > called anything. So my question is why is it called self and not this like > from C++ and Java. It's kind of a silly question, but one that I'm curious > about nevertheless. >
I couldn't tell you the history, but I can say it makes sense to me. In c++, this is a pointer, and the name this seems reasonable. But in python it's a reference, a reference to myself. -- DaveA
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