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 situation is not newbie-friendly (I can
> tell, I am a newbie): I declare a method with 3 parameters but when I
> call it I only pass 2 parameters. That's confusing. If I declare a
> member variable, I write: "self.x = ValueForX", why can't I be equally
> explicit for declaring member functions?
I have to say that as a newbie, it took me quite a while to get my
head around that extra parameter (self).
It took me ages to work out that:
class A:
def __init__(self, foo):
self.foo = foo
a = A("hello")
is actually a shortcut for:
a = A(a, "Hello")
or even:
a = new A(a, "Hello")
I think insisting on:
a = A(a, "Hello")
would be very good for readability, understandability and newbie-friendliness.
Ed
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