Does the first argument of a method *has to be* self?

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <19990630222121.A1121 at optiplex.palga.uucp>,
Gerrit Holl  <gerrit.holl at pobox.com> wrote:
>
>I never saw code where the first argument of a method wasn't self. Is it
>in theory possible?

Yes and no.  The first argument always *is* self, but it can be named
something else.  For example:

class foo :
	def bar(s):
		s.bar()  # recursive call
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