[Tutor] Method question?

[Kent Johnson]

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 2:20 PM, W W <srilyk at gmail.com> wrote:

>  I knew/guessed the alias bit from my experience with C++, but I
>  couldn't figure out exactly what I needed. I've seen the "self"
>  reference before, but I never really understood it.

'self' is roughly like 'this' in C++. Unlike C++, self must be
explicit - it is listed as a method parameter and it must be used for
attribute access.

> Let me see if I
>  understand correctly:
>
>  class myClass():

or, more idiomatic (class names start with upper case letters) and
modern (inherit from object to create a new-style class):
  class MyClass(object):
>
>  creates a new "data type"(?), called myClass, and
>
>  x = myClass()
>
>  creates a variable with the type of "myClass", similar to foo = dict()
>
>  and the method inside myClass defined as myMethod(self), can be called
>  on the data type "myClass" like this:
>
>  x.myMethod()
>
>  is that fairly accurate?

Yes.

Kent