Guido's new method definition idea

Andreas Waldenburger geekmail at usenot.de
Sat Dec 6 07:37:04 EST 2008


On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 13:32:58 +0100 Andreas Waldenburger
<geekmail at usenot.de> wrote:

> On Sat, 6 Dec 2008 04:02:54 -0800 (PST) bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
> suggested:
> 
> 
> > class C:
> >     def $method(arg):
> >         $value = arg
> > 
> > [snip]
> > 
> [snip]
> "self" is a speaking identifier, "$" isn't.
> 
Also, nothing prevents you from replacing "self" with "s" if you really
want it short. Same effect as your "s" suggestion (OK, plus one ".").

/W

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