Re: multiple values for keyword argument

From	Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Subject	Re: multiple values for keyword argument
Date	2011-01-29 09:03 -0500
Organization	PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC
Message-ID	<roy-8F5CD8.09032829012011@news.panix.com> (permalink)
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In article <8qijsgFgu1U1@mid.dfncis.de>,
 Frank Dierkes <Frank.Dierkes@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Naming the first parameter self is only a convention. It could be any 
> other name, too.

But it shouldn't.  The use of "self" is so universal that using anything 
else will just make your code more difficult for other people to 
understand.

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Re: multiple values for keyword argument Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2011-01-29 09:03 -0500
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument Simon Brunning <simon@brunningonline.net> - 2011-01-31 09:45 +0000
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2011-01-30 08:29 +1100
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument patty@cruzio.com - 2011-01-31 10:00 -0800
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2011-01-29 21:35 -0800
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel@sequans.com> - 2011-02-01 11:27 +0100
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-01-30 09:36 +0000
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument patty@cruzio.com - 2011-01-29 10:39 -0800
  Re: multiple values for keyword argument Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2011-01-29 23:45 +0000

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