Hello, > I'm new to both Python and OO programming. From looking at a number of > code examples, the word "self" is used a lot when referring to classes. > As such, what does "self" mean and/or do? I've read things that say > it's a naming convention, but no-one has really spelt it out (in idiot > form!) in a way I can understand. Note that apart from what all the other pepole said, "self" is not a reserved word. It's just the wide convention that we use the name "self".
If you know C++/Java then "self" is like "this". HTH, Miki http://pythonwise.blogspot.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
