From: itsme213 <itsme213@...>
Date: 2005-10-07T11:26:50+09:00
Subject: Re: foo= ... the only exception to the implicit-self rule ?


"Eric Mahurin" <eric_mahurin@yahoo.com> wrote in message

> But, I think the self.foo=value syntax would still be preferred
> by most.  I'm not sure why you dislike it so much to propose
> making such radical changes.

I would be happy if all self calls required self.foo, or if self was
uniformly optional.

It's just that
   bar
   baz
   self.foo=
   foo

leaves the third line sticking out to me. Perhaps very much about personal
preference.

> We are also talking about inside the class, so you know the

It affects other places as well, such as instance_eval.

p.s. I didn't mean to gripe, I love the language :-)