From: Bira <u.alberton@...>
Date: 2006-05-06T03:59:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Question on self (Newbie)

On 5/5/06, Benjamin Pyles <darushin@gmail.com> wrote:

> Now I understand the self.name and self password reference the calling
> object. However, I am still trying to figure out why in this example the
> function is prefixed with self.

In your example, declaring "login" as "self.login" means it's a class
method (similar to a static method in Java). It belongs to the User
class, rather than to a specific instance or User, which means you
don't need to instantiate a new User object in order to use it.


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