Do pythons like sugar?

[Afanasiy]

On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 03:25:41 -0700, some Dalke wrote:

>Afanasiy wrote:
>>>A few languages provide syntax sugar for dealing with
>>>this by allowing you to localize the class scope.
>>>
>>>Does Python? eg. `with self do:`
>
>> So the answer is a definitive no? I want to do things as I have them,
>> I don't want to change my design just to be able to type 'self' less.
>
>It's a definite no.  From previous accounts, said sugar is hiding
>rat poison.  It's advantages are slight to its disadvantages.  Eg,
>for your case it would have hid a poor implementation rather than
>yield a better one.

You don't know what I am doing. My design is perfect.
In my situation, your way is wrong. I am not looking to
hide a poor implementation. That's a rude assumption.

>> Is there any tricky one-liner that brings object members in scope?
>
>Yes but I won't tell.  You shouldn't use it.

Excellent, thanks.