what is self?

Re: what is self?

paul h wrote:[color=blue]
> hi there,
> i've been programming cgi with python for a couple of months now, and
> i am now moving into some gui programming, using pygtk2.
> looking into the code, i see a lot of references to "self" ie
> self.window = ...
> however, i have no idea what self is?
> can anyone enlighten me...
> thanks very much...
>[/color]

self is the current object (read : class instance). I think you should
read the part about oop support in the python manual.

Bruno

Re: what is self?

On 2 Jul 2003 09:46:32 -0700, paul h wrote:[color=blue]
> however, i have no idea what self is?[/color]

You haven't read through the tutorial then.

Please do so now, it will fill in many missing pieces of knowledge you
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Re: what is self?

On 2 Jul 2003 09:46:32 -0700, paul h wrote:[color=blue]
> however, i have no idea what self is?[/color]

You haven't read through the tutorial then.

Please do so now, it will fill in many missing pieces of knowledge you
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<http://python.org/doc/current/tut/>

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