In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kurda Yon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> OK, I see. In the given example "self" is just a name which can be > replace by whichever (valid) name. Is that always like that? I mean, > does [self] have a special meaning in some cases or it is always "just > a name like any other"? It has absolutely no special meaning. Use of the name "self" is pure convention. > I am asking that because "self" is highlighted > in my text editor, so I assume that it can have a special meaning. I use emacs, and the Python mode in emacs highlights it too, as if it were a keyword. But, that's just an external tool, which is free to do whatever it wants. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list