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| From | Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Origin of 'self' |
| Date | 2014-03-03 13:35 -0500 |
| References | <dc4f4ee0-8380-4141-97bd-99d6e67d5e2d@googlegroups.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.7652.1393872007.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 3/3/2014 1:16 AM, Westley Martínez wrote: > I understand that in an object method the first argument in the > object itself, called self. However, it doesn't have to be called > self, and can be called anything. So my question is why is it called > self and not this like from C++ and Java. It's kind of a silly > question, but one that I'm curious about nevertheless. Three responses and I learned or had something pointed out in each. That is a better track record than most threads. -- Terry Jan Reedy
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Origin of 'self' Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2014-03-02 22:16 -0800
Re:Origin of 'self' Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-03-03 01:49 -0500
Re: Origin of 'self' Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-03 06:52 +0000
Re: Origin of 'self' Westley Martínez <anikom15@gmail.com> - 2014-03-05 17:56 -0800
Re: Origin of 'self' Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-03-06 17:43 +0000
Re: Origin of 'self' Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-06 19:46 +0200
Re: Origin of 'self' Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 00:03 -0700
Re: Origin of 'self' Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-03-03 13:35 -0500
Re: Origin of 'self' Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-03 21:09 -0500
Re: Origin of 'self' Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2014-03-03 21:14 -0500
Re: Origin of 'self' Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-04 19:27 -0500
Re: Origin of 'self' Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 13:13 +1100
Re: Origin of 'self' MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-04 12:47 +0000
Re: Origin of 'self' Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-03-04 14:27 +0000
Re: Origin of 'self' MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-04 17:10 +0000
Re: Origin of 'self' Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-03-04 19:45 -0800
Re: Origin of 'self' MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-03-05 03:58 +0000
Re: Origin of 'self' Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-03-04 19:25 -0500
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