[Python-ideas] PEP: Shorthand Symbol for "self"

[Georg Brandl]

Russ Paielli schrieb:
> Normally I agree with you on the single-character identifiers, but I
> consider this case an exception. Lets not forget that C++ and Java use
> zero-character identifiers for "self", and I don't hear a din of
> complaints that it harms readability.

Yes, because most have coding styles that mandate hungarian prefixes on
such identifiers. And "mInfo" isn't really more readable than "self.info".

Georg