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Re: I have no class

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Date 2014-11-25 00:48 +1100
Subject Re: I have no class
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
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On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:44 AM, Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> wrote:
> And then, at least in C++, you see coding standards that demand that
> member variables (aka instance variables aka attributes) be named in
> such a way that you can tell that they're member variables and not local
> variables (one common convenstion is that all member variables begin
> with "m_").  IMO, that's a concession that all that implicitness and
> convenience just causes confusion.  In Python, the names of all instance
> attributes begin with "self."

Either that, or it's a concession that bureaucracy has no idea what
makes for good code. One or t'other.

ChrisA

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I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 21:47 -0500
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  Re: I have no class Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-11-22 19:09 -0800
    Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 22:18 -0500
  Re: I have no class Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-11-22 22:14 -0500
    Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 22:35 -0500
      Re: I have no class Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-22 22:52 -0500
        Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 23:15 -0500
          Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-23 17:00 +1100
            Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-23 05:52 -0500
              Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-23 10:16 -0500
                Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-23 10:54 -0500
                Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-23 11:14 -0500
                Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-23 11:49 -0500
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 03:59 +1100
                Re: I have no class Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-11-23 09:02 -0800
                Re: I have no class Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-24 04:21 +0000
                Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-24 00:11 -0500
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 16:11 +1100
                Re: I have no class Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-11-24 13:44 +0000
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-25 00:48 +1100
                Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-24 00:20 -0500
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 16:21 +1100
                Re: I have no class Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-24 13:47 -0500
      Re: I have no class Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-11-22 19:55 -0800
        Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 23:19 -0500
        Re: I have no class Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-23 15:35 +0000

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