Why do you need explicitly have the "self" argument into a Python method? -

when defining method on class in python, looks this:

class myclass(object):     def __init__(self, x, y):         self.x = x         self.y = y 

but in other languages, such c#, have reference object method bound "this" keyword without declaring argument in method prototype.

was intentional language design decision in python or there implementation details require passing of "self" argument?

i quote peters' zen of python. "explicit better implicit."

in java , c++, 'this.' can deduced, except when have variable names make impossible deduce. need , don't.

python elects make things explicit rather based on rule.

additionally, since nothing implied or assumed, parts of implementation exposed. self.__class__, self.__dict__ , other "internal" structures available in obvious way.