[Tutor] Method question?

[W W]

I think I'm beginning to understand how classes/methods work now, I'm
sure further understanding will come with practice.

Thanks for the help and suggestions!

-Wayne

On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Kent Johnson <kent37 at tds.net> wrote:
> 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
>



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