A better self

[Erik Max Francis]

Greg Ewing wrote:

> Or it could be a shorthand for <whatever_the_first_arg_is>.attribute,
> so you could still call the first arg something else.

Right, that's actually what I intended to get across, though obviously I
didn't do a very good job.  (I wouldn't do anything so perverse as name
the self argument anything other than `self'.)

> But I tend to agree that a leading "." is a bit
> *too* unobtrusive!

It doesn't bother me too bad.  I wouldn't mind it being done, but I
wouldn't fight for it either.

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