reason/history of self

[Giorgi Lekishvili]

Yeah, this discussion had place just 1 week ago, on 9.01.02.

Grtz,
Giorgi

gabor farkas wrote:

> hi,
>
> i'm sure this was discussed before, but i cant find it..
>
> why do i have to write self as the first parameter of a method in the
> method-definition?
>
> class......
>         def method(self):  <- here
>                 ....
>                 ..
>
> it seems to me as unnecessary, because i have to write it everytime..
>
> bye,
> gabor