Why self?

[Roy Smith]

Lou Pecora  <pecora at anvil.nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
>Solution? Sometimes I just use the underscore "_" as the self object
>reference.  That shortens the name.  You don't have to use the word
>"self."  viz.,
>
># Within the object definition, x and z are object variables ...
>
>     def func(_):
>         y=_.x * _.z
>         return y
>
>Not the best solution, but saves typing.

Saves typing, yes, but makes your code harder to understand by
somebody else who has to read and maintain it later.