should "self" be changed?

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On Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at 2:39:21 AM UTC-5, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:
> 
> > Using some other name in place of "self" should definitely remain
> > *possible*, but not commonly done.
> 
> You are effectively making the argument that Python has made a mistake
> by not giving "self" a special, language-level status.

I'm making that claim.  Guido's arguments are based on a simple lexical definition of the language.  If the lexical definition were sophisticated enough to feed into GCC as a front-end, for example, then it wouldn't have to be so abnormal.  It's a short-cut for a less mature language.

Mark