What is the purpose of the self word in Python? I understand it refers to the specific object instance created from that class. But why does it explicitly need to be added to every function as a parameter? To illustrate, in Ruby I can do this:
If I have a class…
When defining a method on a class in Python, it looks something like this:
Toward the end of a program I’m looking to load a specific variable from all the instances of a class into a dictionary.
I have been learning Python by following some pygame tutorials.
Consider this small example:
Are you supposed to use self when referencing a member function in Python (within the same module)?