I find explicit self much easier to understand if i replace it in mymind with the word "instance"

[frolib]

I find explicit self much easier to understand if i replace it in my
mind with the word "instance". I know that using the word "self"
though is a strong convention.

Discuss please.

 

[Steven D'Aprano]

I find explicit self much easier to understand if i replace it in my
mind with the word "instance". I know that using the word "self" though
is a strong convention.

Discuss please.

There's nothing to discuss. Call it "self", "instance", "me" or "One" (as
in, One is not amused) in your own code, it's all the same. If you expect
others to read your code, then you are better off sticking to the usual
convention.

 

[alex23]

Discuss please.

Search for past discussion first, please.

 

[Lawrence D'Oliveiro]

Call it "self", "instance", "me" or "One" (as in, One is not amused) in
your own code, it's all the same.

Earlier versions of the Python docs said that the name "self" was expected
by certain documentation-extraction tools. I can't find that statement any
more.