Re: [Tutor] Another try at Python's selfishness

2006-02-04 Thread Alan Gauld
> PS Are there any good tutorials on the more philosophical side of the > object orientedness of Python? Good question, but I don't know of any answers. One author from the c.l.p list was writing a book about the innards of Python that promised to answer many of those questions but sadly that proj

Re: [Tutor] Another try at Python's selfishness

2006-02-04 Thread Ed Singleton
On 04/02/06, Alan Gauld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have to say that as a newbie, it took me quite a while to get my > > head around that extra parameter (self). > > That's OK, its true of most folks, even non newbies! > It is one area where Python is different to most languages > who hide the

Re: [Tutor] Another try at Python's selfishness

2006-02-03 Thread Alan Gauld
> I have to say that as a newbie, it took me quite a while to get my > head around that extra parameter (self). That's OK, its true of most folks, even non newbies! It is one area where Python is different to most languages who hide the self completely. > It took me ages to work out that: > >clas

Re: [Tutor] Another try at Python's selfishness

2006-02-03 Thread Ed Singleton
On 3 Feb 2006 03:59:10 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I still see "newbie-friendliness" as a > > MAJOR plus for Python -- it increases the chance that users > > of your software will become contributors. > > Yes, I 100% agree to that point! > But the point is, the current s