From: gabriele renzi <surrender_it@...>
Date: 2005-12-23T12:17:50+09:00
Subject: Re: Bruce Eckel wouldn't know why to switch from Python to Ruby

Jeff Wood ha scritto:
> .. be careful, you're gonna bring down the python coding police ...
> 
> Although not a physical requirement of the runtime, you named your first
> variable in the class method slf ... the python community would eat you
> alive for that ...
> 
> They prefer ( and *ALL* their docs make sure to tell you over and over )
> that the first parameter of the class method be named self.
> 
> .. Dive into python and every other tutorial on the topic actually stops to
> make sure you understand this ...
> 
> I find it humorous ... and a bit retentive ... but, to each their own.
> 
> j.

you're absolutely right, but in my defense I can say that I did write 
that becuase I feel the need to explicitly name self dumb. I find it ok 
to write self.foo but naming the argument is just useless imho.