Re: [Tutor] I'm trying to wrap my head around defs

2012-12-04 Thread Dave Angel
On 12/04/2012 04:51 PM, frank ernest wrote: > Opensuse 12.2 python3.2 > I'm having trouble understanding them. > Python is my first language... excluding English. > I've already read ALL OF THE PYTHON Language Referance and I still don't > "get it." You usually should start with a tutorial, no

Re: [Tutor] I'm trying to wrap my head around defs

2012-12-04 Thread Alan Gauld
On 04/12/12 21:51, frank ernest wrote: Opensuse 12.2 python3.2 I'm having trouble understanding them. Python is my first language... excluding English. OK, in that case go back to basics. Don't read the reference manual, that's like trying to learn English by reading the Oxford English Dict

Re: [Tutor] I'm trying to wrap my head around defs

2012-12-04 Thread Francois Dion
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 4:51 PM, frank ernest wrote: > Opensuse 12.2 python3.2 > I'm having trouble understanding them. > Python is my first language... excluding English. > I've already read ALL OF THE PYTHON Language Referance and I still don't > "get it." > What do they do? Let's start simple

[Tutor] I'm trying to wrap my head around defs

2012-12-04 Thread frank ernest
Opensuse 12.2 python3.2 I'm having trouble understanding them. Python is my first language... excluding English. I've already read ALL OF THE PYTHON Language Referance and I still don't "get it." What do they do? How do they work? How do you define self? Is self an object, a variable, or wh