From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-09-05T03:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby aesthetics

Thanks.  I think I have found the explanation that you referred to.  It is
still too weird for me.  Now I am wondering if the Python people also have
had some defense against the "an object is pretty much a hash" problem.

Regards,

Bill
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Hal E. Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> I have heard of the "passing self" feature 
> of Python, and I have not really understood it.

> I did a similar trick years ago when I had
> to use pure C but wanted to do a little OO.
> That was a simple ugly hack in order to gain
> a little flexibility.

> But Python people seem to think this is a 
> feature, not a shortcoming. I saw it explained
> once (on this list), and I thought I grasped
> what he was saying, but I still was not
> convinced.

> A search for "Python" and "self" might find
> that post.

> Hal