On 16/08/10 17:16, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:
On Mon, 16 Aug 2010, H Xu wrote:
On 2010/8/16 13:36, Dominique Pellé wrote:
H Xu wrote:
On 2010/8/16 7:40, Zvezdan Petkovic wrote:
On Aug 14, 2010, at 7:16 AM, H Xu wrote:
I recommend the python syntax file add highlighting
for the word "self". Thank you.
Why?
There is nothing special about the word "self".
It is *not* a Python keyword.
You could call that parameter "this" if you wanted.
Use of "self" is just a common established practice, but it is not a
part
of the language syntax specification.
If you prefer to have it highlighted you can always make your own
customized file.
Zvezdan
Hello Zvezdan,
My opinion is that syntax highlighting is not only for keyword. You may
notice that in C language "NULL" is not a keyword, it has been colored.
NULL is defined in C standard header files (stdlib.h and stddef.h).
'self' on the other hand is merely a coding convention in Python
so I don't think it should be highlighted by default.
-- Dominique
Hello,
Syntax highlighting is aimed at convenience, not for the form. If this
is a coding convention, then "self" should be highlighted.
I started replying to this thinking that 'self' shouldn't be
highlighted, since it's not "special" in any way. If anything, a
"correct" fix would be to parse out the first parameter to a method call
and highlight that. But that's not worth the effort.
The point is that in Python both of the following mean exactly the same
thing:
class foo:
def whatever(self):
self.x = y
class foo:
def whatever(bar):
bar.x = y
The problem with the "but it's not special" argument is that *everyone*
uses 'self', to the point where other syntax-highlighting tools usually
syntax-highlight it.
See: http://docs.python.org/tutorial/classes.html#random-remarks
And notice the syntax highlighting.
Or maybe it is better to add an option to turn this on and off.
Long-term, that sounds like a reasonable compromise. (Hell, C++ syntax
has an option to highlight Java keywords.) Something like:
let g:python_self_is_special = 1
to turn 'self'-highlighting on.
(or perhaps even):
let g:python_self_not_special = 1
to turn it off.
For now, though, one (easy) option is to add it yourself. It's as
simple as putting this line:
syn keyword Keyword self
In the file: ~/.vim/after/syntax/python.vim
or vimfiles\after\syntax\python.vim in your Windows home directory.
or, to be finicky, maybe use one of the highlight groups starting with
python defined in the syntax/python.vim script, maybe
:syn keyword pythonBuiltin self
(pretending that "self", like "False" "True" and "None", is a reserved
word?)
Best regards,
Tony.
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