[Python-ideas] Mitigating 'self.' Method Pollution

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 11.07.15 18:10, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 11, 2015 at 02:53:51PM +0300, Joonas Liik wrote:
>> On 11 July 2015 at 12:54, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> with self:
>>>       x = 5
>>>       y = 6
>>>
>>
>> sounds a lot like JavaScript: the bad parts and has the exact same shortcomings.
>> consider:
>
>
> It's actually taken from Pascal, where it works quite well due to the
> necessity of explicit declarations of all variables and record fields.
>
> There's even a Python FAQ about it. So don't worry, Python won't get
> this construct.

To be correct, it should be "without self".