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From: Vito De Tullio <vito.detullio@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: should "self" be changed?
Date: Tue, 26 May 2015 23:17:03 +0200
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Mark Lawrence wrote:

>>     def __init__(ስ):
>>         ስ.dummy = None

> Apart from breaking all the tools that rely on "self" being spelt "self"
> this looks like an excellent idea.

too bad for the tools: using the name "self" is just a convention, not a 
rule.

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By ZeD