newbie: self.member syntax seems /really/ annoying

[Bruno Desthuilliers]

Dave Hansen a écrit :
(snip)
> As others have mentioned, you can also provide local synonyms if the
> dot syntax is too onerous.  But make sure you use the member access
> syntax if the result of an expression is an immutable type.  For
> example, I assume a_dot is a mutable type, such as a list.  If so,
> then you could simply use
> 
>    a_dot, k, a, u = self.a_dot, self.k, self.a, self.u
>    a_dot = -k(a-u)
> 
> However, if it's an immutable type, such as a scalar, strung, or
> tuple, you need
> 
>    self.a_dot = -k(a-u)

Hmmm... Actually, whether self.a_dot is an instance of a mutable or 
immutable type won't change anything - in both case, it's only the 
*local* name a_dot that'll be rebound. So <op> as soon as you want to 
rebind (iow:assign to) an attribute, you *need* to use 
self.the_attr_name on the LHS.

Of course, *mutating* is a different situation...