r> I do not like self, and i lamented it from day one, now it is second
r> nature to me but does that mean it is really needed?? I feel i have
r> been brainwashed into its usage.
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r> 3000 would have been the perfect time to dump self and really clean up
r> the language, and it's not too late, dawn is not upon us yet.
Bruce Eckel proposes removing self from argument lists:
http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=239003
Guido responds:
http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-explicit-self-has-to-stay.html
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