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Object oriented programming in Python be like: (media.piefed.ca)

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[–] albbi@piefed.ca 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Write a new method, make sure to reference self first. Write a new method, make sure to reference self first. Call the method, make sure to reference self first.

Yeah, I can see it.

[–] amos@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

You don't reference self when calling a method, what on earth are you talking about? You start with the instance when calling the method, like most/all other OOP languages.

Also there are benefits with the explicit self/this to access instance properties. In C++ you need to make sure all class properties/members have a naming scheme that does not conflict with potential parameter names or other names of other variables.