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Self isn't implicit by design. One of the core python philosophies is that explicit is better than implicit.
by AnkhMorporkian 12y ago
Self isn't implicit by design. One of the core python philosophies is that explicit is better than implicit.
- eatonphil 12y agoThen isn't this pattern the epitome of the philosophy? At some point you trade an api for being explicit. Why isn't memory management explicit in python? I just don't agree with the (seemingly arbitrary) choice of making self explicit. It really does not feel like the "Python" way.
- AnkhMorporkian 12y agoHere's a link from Guido's blog back in '08 why he explains why he rejected a proposal on removing explicit self from the language. I feel he's more qualified to argue this than I. http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-explicit-self-has-to-stay.html http://neopythonic.blogspot.com/2008/10/why-explicit-self-ha...