[REAL SUBJECT: What's this?] Steven,
I am afraid you are right. I was not selfish enough about this. I have done object-oriented programming in many other languages and I am afraid today it showed. Think C++ or Java. Part of me continues to think in every language I ever used, including human languages. So since the name of this variable is a suggestion, it was not enforced by the interpreter and I was not reminded. Be happy I even used an English word and not something like idempotent or eponymous . P.S. just to confuse the issue, some in JavaScript confusingly use both this and self near each other. P.P.S. Please pardon my puns, especially the ones you did not notice. -----Original Message----- From: Tutor <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Steven D'Aprano Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2018 11:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Tutor] decomposing a problem On Tue, Dec 25, 2018 at 10:25:50PM -0500, Avi Gross wrote: > class chainable_list(list): > """Same as list but sort() can now be chained""" > def chainsort(this, *args, **kwargs): > this.sort(*args, **kwargs) > return this In Python, it is traditional to use "self" rather than "this" as the instance parameter. Using "this" is not an error, but you can expect a lot of strange looks. Like a Scotsman in a kilt wandering down the middle of Main Street, Pleasantville USA. -- Steve _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
