Why do class methods always need 'self' as the first parameter?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2011-08-31, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:

> Well obviously the C++ people thought so :)

Well _that's_ certainly a ringing endorsement in the context of 
designing a language that's easy to understand and use. 


;)

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