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 …

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 …

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 …

So, in the first method self specifies that Python should use the variable (attribute), that "belongs" to the class object we created, not a global one (outside the class).

Jun 25, 2017 · 17 What is self? In Python, every normal method is forced to accept a parameter commonly named self. This is an instance of class - an object. This is how Python methods …

Dec 31, 2009 · The "self" is the conventional placeholder of the current object instance of a class. Its used when you want to refer to the object's property or field or method inside a class as if …

The W3C's WebAppSec Working Group is starting to look at the issue. See, for example, Proposal: Marking HTTP As Non-Secure. How to create a self-signed certificate with …

Why is cls sometimes used instead of self as an argument in Python classes? For example: class Person: def __init__(self, firstname, lastname): self.firstname = firstname self.

Aug 27, 2013 · You don't use "self" arbitrarily - self is recommended to be the first parameter to functions which are written to be methods in classes. In that case, when it is invoked as a …

Aug 2, 2019 · The reason was an SSL certificate problem: 'self-signed certificate in certificate chain.'" Protected question. To answer this question, you need to have at least 10 reputation …