Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
>  --- Fredrik Lundh <fredrik@[...].com> wrote:
>  
> >>Please try the code below to see the performance impact.
> >
> >oh, please.  do you seriously think that if you don't have to type "self"
> >yourself, Python will suddenly be able to turn all instance variables into
> >local function variables without any performance overhead ?
>  
>  
>  Yes, exactly, since you can make the local namespace vs. instance attribute
>  distinction in C.
>  
>  Cheers,
>          Ralf
>  
>  

that indeed proves why this discussion for whatever value it has, 
belongs to comp.lang.python. This is not a place to clarify people
how Python currently works, or to have discussions made of guesses and 
half-formed speculations.
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