"self" - a python wart or "feature"

[Nagy László]

> What I wish for - but am not sure if it's possible - is that the 
> function "stuff" could just be declared as"def  stuff(x=5)".
> The self references within the "stuff" function would be "known" to 
> the function by the level of it's "indentedness".  It just seems odd 
> to me to have to tell a function which instance it should bind to in 
> the first argument of the function declaration.


There are no pseudo variables in Python. There are a few keywords. There 
are no standard
identifiers at all (but I'm nor sure). I think keeping the rules simple 
is very important.
I would not be pleased with a new pseudo variable. Writting out 'self' 
makes the
definition syntactically more clear -- but this is only my personal 
opinion.

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