Jul 8, 2017 · In this case, there are some benefits to allowing this: 1) Methods are just functions that happen defined in a class, and need to be callable either as bound methods with implicit …

For a language-agnostic consideration of the design decision, see What is the advantage of having this/self pointer mandatory explicit?. To close debugging questions where OP omitted a …

Oct 18, 2016 · Are you supposed to use self when referencing a member function in Python (within the same module)? More generally, I was wondering when it is required to use self, not …

In PHP 5, what is the difference between using self and $this? When is each appropriate?

See Why do I get 'takes exactly 1 argument (2 given)' when trying to call a method? for the opposite problem.

Sep 15, 2012 · in python to call inner class method you should write self. before method name, self. means that search class for this method but you don't use self when you call say_hi () in …

Oct 24, 2008 · What functionality does the yield keyword in Python provide? For example, I'm trying to understand this code 1: def _get_child_candidates(self, distance, min_dist, max_dist): …

2) self.XYZ is just part of self object and returning handle only to just that seems inappropriate to me from maintenance point of view. I would rather prefer to return handle to complete object …

Dec 31, 2011 · Example: class SomeClass(): def __init__(self, a, b, c): self.a = a self.b = b self.c = c In fact it must be a common task for others as well as PyDev has a shortcut for this - if you …

Dec 20, 2016 · mixing post and get parameters is poor practice. if you're posting, then use hidden form fields to pass through any 'get'-type values.