Use empty string for self

[John Salerno]

Grant Edwards wrote:

> But it _is_ always passed to the function.  You can even pass
> it explicity when you call the method if you want:

I meant it isn't always explicitly passed.

> 
>   #!/usr/bin/python
>   
>   class MyClass:
>       def mymethod(self,p1,p2):
>           print self,p1,p2
>         
>   instance = MyClass()
> 
>   MyClass.mymethod(instance,1,2)
> 
>   instance.mymethod(1,2)
> 
> The two calls are equivalent.  

can you also say instance.mymethod(instance, 1, 2)  ?