• WolfLink@sh.itjust.works
    39·
    19 hours ago

    In Python, self is not a keyword, it’s a conventional variable name. You can replace all instances of “self” with “this” and your code will work the same.

      • Die Martin Die@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        7 hours ago

        Kinda.

        Lua defines it implicitly only when you use the

        function foo:bar(a, b, c) -- note the colon

        syntactic sugar, which gets translated to

        function foo.bar(self, a, b, c)` -- note the period

        In all other cases, self is a regular variable name. You can even redeclare a new local with that name even when the old one is in scope.

        • jsomae@lemmy.ml
          1·
          5 hours ago

          I don’t see how what you said is inconsistent with me saying “self” is special in lua. Note that I did not say it’s a keyword.