Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Sat Jan 29 10:45:53 EST 2011

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Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <8qijsgFgu1U1 at mid.dfncis.de>,
>  Frank Dierkes <Frank.Dierkes at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Naming the first parameter self is only a convention. It could be any 
>> other name, too.
> 
> But it shouldn't.  The use of "self" is so universal that using anything 
> else will just make your code more difficult for other people to 
> understand.

Nevertheless, if you have a good reason to, go ahead.

I, myself, use the spanish word 'yo' instead (less keystrokes, I hate 
'self', and it amuses me); if I'm working with my numerical experiments 
I'll use 'n' or 'x'... although, when posting sample code to c.l.py I do 
try to use 'self' to avoid possible confusion.  :)

~Ethan~

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