[Tutor] passing arguments via an instance of a class

[Alan Gauld]

"Kent Johnson" <kent37 at tds.net> wrote

>>> #these are the points I want to be plotted when I push this button
>>>        xpoints=[2,4,6]
>>>        ypoints=[10,20,30]
>>>        self.weightplot = PlotPanel(self.notebook1,xpoints,ypoints)
>>
>> But this needs to use self to access the member values:
>>
>>         self.weightplot =
>> PlotPanel(self.notebook1,self.xpoints,self.ypoints)
>
> A minor correction to an otherwise excellent explanation - xpoints 
> and
> ypoints are not member variables here - they are ordinary local
> variables - so 'self' is not needed.

I was assuming that the two locals were temporary stop gaps and
that the actual requirement was for the original xpoints to be used.
If the locals are intentional then yes indeed, the self is not needed
in this case.

Thanks Kent,

Alan G.