[Tutor] when to use "self."

[Deirdre Saoirse Moen]

At 5:18 PM +0200 7/2/01, Brendon wrote:
>perhaps i'm just confused. when defining a class and giving it some widgets,
>methods (hum, why not just call them functions?.. grr)

To prevent confusion. A function can be called by anyone. A method is 
a function specific to a class and can be called only in the context 
of that class.

Think of the class variables as "things it has" and the methods as 
"things it does."

>and data they all need
>to be perceded by 'self.' with exception of methods (only a call to one) and
>variables used internally, non?

Yes.
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