A better self

[Erik Max Francis]

Max M wrote:

> I don't especially like "self" myself. But wouldn't it be easy enough
> to
> just:

An obvious issue is what happens with respect to bound and unbound
methods.  The self argument is often implicit in normal work, but it
_is_ there, and needs to be set up properly.  In your scheme, what
happens when you write:

	def f(x, y): ... # not a method, no self, implicit or explicit

	class C:
	    def m(x, y): ... # method, implicit self

	    g = f # what does this mean?

	c = C()
	um = C.m
	um(c, ...) # how do I call this?
	bm = c.m
	bm(...) # or this?

Trying to hide the self argument is destined to only lead to massive
confusion.

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