Explicit Frustration of the Self

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Wed Jan 1 00:48:22 EST 2003


Terry Reedy wrote:

> And, of course, calling the first arg 'self' is a convention, not a
> commandment.

True, but, in my opinion, it's so entrenched that commonly naming it
something other than `self' is almost a perversion.

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