In a message of Tue, 26 May 2015 09:37:29 -0700, zipher writes: >Would it be prudent to rid the long-standing "argument" (pun unintended) about >self and the ulterior spellings of it, by changing it into a symbol rather >than a name? > >Something like: > >class MyClass(object): > > def __init__(@): > @.dummy = None > >OR, even better, getting *rid of it* in the parameter list, so it stops >confusing people about how many parameters a method needs, and transform it >into a true *operator*. > >class MyClass(object): > > def __init__(): #takes no arguments! > @.dummy = None #the @ invokes the class object's dictionary > >That would seem to be a nice solution to the problem, really. It doesn't >become PERLish because you've made it into a genuine operator -- "self" was >always a non-variable that looked like a variable and hence created an itch >that couldn't be scratched. > >Anyone else have any thoughts?
Guido did. :) http://neopythonic.blogspot.se/2008/10/why-explicit-self-has-to-stay.html Laura -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
