is Python fully object oriented ?

Moshe Zadka moshez at zadka.site.co.il
Sat Jan 13 09:37:15 EST 2001


On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, Ben Hutchison <benh at intelligenesis.net> wrote:

[About self. vs. implicit this]
> I'd like to see some primary evidence of this "design choice" process, 
> describing  the motivating reasons. Presumably there are some web references 
> somewhere. My instinct tell me it resembles an implementation consequence, 
> rather than a free and deliberate choice.

Other then the "explicit is better then implicit", other Python design 
principles are:

* If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea
* If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea

I'm not sure whether that strenghens your argument, weakens it
or nullifies it, though. <wink>

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