Do I always have to write "self." ?

[Remco Gerlich]

Ben Wolfson wrote in comp.lang.python:
> On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:27:35 GMT, ben at co.and.co wrote:
> 
> >Samuel A. Falvo II <kc5tja at garnet.armored.net> wrote:
> >> I would write something like this:
> >> 
> >> 	uint32 WriteData( void *buffer, char *pString, uint32 cbString )
> >> 
> >> This tells me that WriteData() takes as parameters a buffer, a pointer to a
> >> string, and the number of bytes in the said string.  I fail to see how this
> >> is somehow hard to read.  :)
> >
> >OK, let's bite :-)
> >
> >    int WriteData(void *buffer, char *str, int len)
> >
> >I fail to see how this is somehow hard to read :-)
> 
> For me, actually, it's easier to read, since I don't have to wonder
> why the int parameter is "cbString".  That "cb" means "count of bytes"
> is not intuitively obvious.  "len" or "length" is much easier.

For me too. "cbString" sounds like some sort of string. Why is it pString,
but not pBuffer, btw?


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