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| From | Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Origin of 'self' |
| Date | 2014-03-04 19:27 -0500 |
| Organization | IISS Elusive Unicorn |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
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On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 21:14:44 -0500, Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> declaimed the
following:
>In article <mailman.7684.1393898999.18130.python-list@python.org>,
> Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, 2 Mar 2014 22:16:31 -0800 (PST), Westley Martínez
>> <anikom15@gmail.com> declaimed the following:
>>
>> >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.
>> >
>>
>> It didn't want to be egotistical (as I recall, M$ VB uses "me")
>
>And Freud uses "id", but that was taken already in Python :-)
Not to mention that the "id" is not the "ego"...
--
Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber AF6VN
wlfraed@ix.netcom.com HTTP://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/
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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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