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Wed Apr 18 13:08:01 EDT 2001 · http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-April/073571.html

How about checking the URL he furnished you?

Dave LeBlanc wrote:

> Said reasons being?
>
> Sending me money turns out to be very useful for a variety of
> reasons... convinced?
>
> Dave LeBlanc
>
> On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 15:18:57 GMT, "Fredrik Lundh"
> <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>
> >Dave LeBlanc wrote:
> >> Since self is used for every method of every class, isn't it a bit
> >> redundant? I don't know of another OO language that makes you manually
> >> carry around the "this"/"self" pointer/reference...
> >>
> >> Of course being new around here, i'm unaware if this has been hissed
> >> over in depth previously :-)
> >
> >http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#6.7
> >
> >    Q. Why must 'self' be declared and used explicitly in
> >    method definitions and calls?
> >
> >    A. So, is your current programming language C++ or
> >    Java? :-) /.../ The idea was borrowed from Modula-3.
> >    It turns out to be very useful, for a variety of reasons
> >    /.../
> >
> >Cheers /F
> >
> >

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