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From: Johan Wouters <johanw at easics.be>

Gerrit Holl wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I never saw code where the first argument of a method wasn't self. Is it
> in theory possible?

As one thinks about it, the first argument being self (the instance)
is a handy feature. Why would you want to put it somewhere else?

As the documentation states "self" is just some conventional name.
Renaming self into something else is probably a bad idea as it
will make your code less readable for others (and YOU as time passes!).

Experience shows that having conventions is a powerful way to
make life and code maintenance easier.

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