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History of 'self' and why not at least 'my'?

Duncan Booth duncan at NOSPAMrcp.co.uk
Fri Jan 11 09:15:46 EST 2002 
"Steve Holden" <sholden at holdenweb.com> wrote in
news:bbC%7.14984$2V4.1153825 at atlpnn01.usenetserver.com: 

>> If this is what you are trying to do, then Python already has a
>> statement to handle this, namely 'assignment':
>>         w = obj[expression].field[exp].etc
>>         w.a = 5
>>         w.b = 6
>> The same technique can be used at a local level to reduce the
>> overhead of typing self:
>>     s = self
>>     s.a, s.b, s.c = 1, 2, 3
>>
> I've added the first point to FAQ 6.31, but not the second. 

That's alright, the second point wasn't entirely serious.
Thanks for updating the FAQ.

-- 
Duncan Booth                                             duncan at rcp.co.uk
int month(char *p){return(124864/((p[0]+p[1]-p[2]&0x1f)+1)%12)["\5\x8\3"
"\6\7\xb\1\x9\xa\2\0\4"];} // Who said my code was obscure?
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