Why self?

Just just at xs4all.nl
Fri Jul 5 05:51:56 EDT 2002


In article <cf0ad9fb.0207050136.633e9b91 at posting.google.com>,
 jolsen at mailme.dk (Jesper Olsen) wrote:

> Why is it necessary to use a "self" argument to class methods in python?
> 
> To me it seems a bit like doing object oriented programming in C...
> 
> Why not make it implicit like "this" in C++?
> 
> I do not find it usefull that I can give it my own name.
> 
> So, is it just legacy or is there a reason for this convention?

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