Why self?

[Grant Edwards]

In article <080720021645110243%pecora at anvil.nrl.navy.mil>, Lou Pecora wrote:

>> Saves typing, yes, but makes your code harder to understand by
>> somebody else who has to read and maintain it later.
> 
> True, to some extent, although nobody will have to maintain my code.
>
> It's strictly specialized to my work and will not be used for
> production of anything.

If you only knew how many hundreds of hours I've spent
maintaining code of somebody else's that was never meant to be
seen by anybody or to be used for "production" purposes...

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