boB Stepp <robertvst...@gmail.com> writes: > So I really only have one question: Why not make Python's > *traditional* name, "self", mandatory? Why give the programmer this > kind of choice?
For the same reason that four-space indentation is not mandatory, yet anyone who chooses a different indentation size needs to produce good reasons why. In both cases: Because nothing is broken, nor made especially ambiguous, by choosing differently. And because the Python community of programmers can be relied upon to enforce the convention, as with most other conventions. -- \ “When I was a little kid we had a sand box. It was a quicksand | `\ box. I was an only child... eventually.” —Steven Wright | _o__) | Ben Finney _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
