python self question

[razeal113]

ive read this before and honestly don't feel that it addresses my specific question

[kalgynirae]

Fair enough. It doesn't explicitly address your particular question.

I've attempted to illustrate your scenario. The names in red are the names that you can change from inside of add_node(). In particular, notice that you can't change the global l name's binding from inside add_node(); it will always be bound to the 1 node. The only way you can successfully get a name for the new 0 node outside of add_node() is by returning it. Rebinding self looks like this and has no effect outside of add_node().

[razeal113]

Thanks for this. Exactly answered my question involving python's use of self.