For a language-agnostic consideration of the design decision, see What is the advantage of having this/self pointer mandatory explicit?. To close debugging questions where OP omitted a self …

Oct 18, 2016 · Are you supposed to use self when referencing a member function in Python (within the same module)? More generally, I was wondering when it is required to use self, not just for methods …

9 First, Python's self is not a keyword, it's a coding convention, the same as Python's cls. Guido has written a really detailed and valuable article about the origin of Python's support for class, and in that …

If you view it that way, obj is the first argument to the function, which traditionally is named self in the parameter list. (You can, in fact, name it something else, and your code will work correctly, but other …

Jul 8, 2017 · In this case, there are some benefits to allowing this: 1) Methods are just functions that happen defined in a class, and need to be callable either as bound methods with implicit self passing …

18 Python doesn't force you on using "self". You can give it whatever name you want. You just have to remember that the first argument in a method definition header is a reference to the object.

Dec 3, 2017 · 当然是通过 self 参数，它就相当于每个房子的门钥匙，可以保证每个房子的主人仅能进入自己的房子（每个类对象只能调用自己的类变量和类方法）。 如果你接触过其他面向对象的编程语 …

Python的类不能直接使用，只有通过创建实例（对象）才能发挥它的功能，每个实例（对象）都是独一无二的，它可以调用类的方法、属性。 类就像灵魂附体一样，让实例（对象）有了自己（self）的功能。

Feb 11, 2014 · The reason you need to use self. is because Python does not use the @ syntax to refer to instance attributes. Python decided to do methods in a way that makes the instance to which the …

Feb 25, 2016 · Desconozco app-engine, pero el funcionamiento de python es muy claro: self es una referencia a la instancia, self.user_post es un atributo de ella, y user_post (sin self) es una variable …