stfn13h ago
A great article on what is "self" in Python, by @ehmatthes

https://www.mostlypython.com/what-is-self/
What is `self`?

MP 162: It's been answered many times, but it's always worth revisiting. I've been reflecting on classes lately, and how we teach them. One of the questions that comes up in every discussion about OOP with people who are seeing it for the first time in Python is this: What

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Show threadEd Davies13h ago

@stfn @ehmatthes A bit superficial, perhaps. Explain:

>>> class Bird: ... def sing(self): ... print(self) ... >>> Bird.sing(42) 42

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@edavies @ehmatthes in your example you are not instantiating Bird, so 42 does not refer to the class instance.
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