Python "self"

[derek73]

Python's grossly retarded requirement for declaring "self" at the beginning of each object method has long been one of my peeves about the language.  What this means for code generation is I either have to specify "self" as I create behaviors (in which case, generation in any other language will be broken), or I have to modify the Parameter Implementation and Declaration templates in the Code Templates.

At first I tried putting "self," (no quotes) before the $params variable, but of course anything with an empty list of params has a dangling comma (,).  How do I modify the Python template to insert "self ," in front of non-empty parameter lists?

Also, is there a variable that can be referenced in the templates to differentiate class methods (which must NOT have a "self", but a "cls" instead) from object methods (which require self)?

How does one use round-trip engineering properly while working around this stupid language requirement?

Thank you all in advance!

[Eve]

Try this.

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$dec=%REPLACE(opTag:"decorators","@","\n@")%
%TRIM($dec)%
%PI=" "%
def
%PI=""%
%if opScope == "Private"%
__
%endIf%
%opName%
$params = %list="Parameter" @separator=", "%
%if opStatic!="T"%
$self="self"
%if $params != ""%
$self+=", "
%endIf%
%endIf%
($self$params):

Although, it won't work properly for synchronisation.

[derek73]

Very good, that will do it!  Thank you.

Now to finish straightening out my mess with __init__.py files and class inheritance...