Re: The need to put "self" in every method

Fernando M. wrote: 
i was just wondering about the need to put "self" as the first
parameter in every method a class has because, if it's always needed,
why the obligation to write it? couldn't it be implicit?


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The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters

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Explicit is better than implicit.
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