need some basic help

[Qurrat ul Ainy]

On Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 8:33:59 PM UTC+1, Qurrat ul Ainy wrote:
> what is snippet ??
> 
> 
> 
> On Thursday, December 24, 2015 at 5:25:18 AM UTC+1, Benjamin Kulas wrote:
> > On Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at 7:53:43 PM UTC-6, Qurrat ul Ainy wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > Can someone please explain this code below. I am new at Python .
> > > Thanks 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > def receive_messages(self, msgs, time):
> > >       for msg in msgs:
> > >          msg.set_recv_time(time)
> > >       self.msgs_received.extend(msgs)
> > 
> > What exactly are you confused about? This looks like it is part of a class; can you post the entire class definition? Also, what is the purpose of the program that contains this snippet?

Thank you steven foe the detail explanation i got it now. 
and thank you Andrew for recommendation I really need that