"self" in a class is annoying and errorprone

[Robin Munn]

Meinrad Recheis <meinrad.recheis at aon.at> wrote:
> ^whops that was a bee's nest i went into...
> 
> ok, i m going to accept, that python is almost petrified.
> anyway ruby is better in several dimensions, and still willing to change 
> or improve!

*cough* Almost petrified? Read the PEP 308 thread, then come back and
tell us that Python is "almost petrified"...! ;-)

Python is still changing. A lot. We're happy to discuss useful changes
-- *new* useful changes, that is. But when subject XYZ has been
discussed to death a million times, and every time the conclusion has
been "We're not changing XYZ, these are the reasons why, and that's
final," that's it. We've made our decision. So when someone else comes
along later and says, "Hey guys, we should change XYZ", is it any
surprise that nobody is willing to listen?

The FAQ entry discussing "Why have an explicit 'self'?" is here, BTW:

    http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#6.7

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