query: Why is 'self' required to call a Ruby method from within its constructor?
positive_passages.docid: 6900
positive_passages.text: Why do Ruby setters need "self." qualification within the class?
negative_passages.docid: 156253
negative_passages.text: Why is a method not identical to itself?
negative_passages.docid: 158075
negative_passages.text: Why does a Python Iterator need an iter method that simply returns self?
negative_passages.docid: 77161
negative_passages.text: Why would you use a class method constructor versus alloc/init?
negative_passages.docid: 115191
negative_passages.text: Does Javascript have something like Ruby's method_missing feature?
negative_passages.docid: 155563
negative_passages.text: When calling super() in a derived class, can I pass in self.__class__?
negative_passages.docid: 119366
negative_passages.text: What causes "Missed Method" in this code?
negative_passages.docid: 122570
negative_passages.text: Ruby class instance variable vs. class variable
negative_passages.docid: 131321
negative_passages.text: What is the correct way to write a singleton pattern in Ruby?
negative_passages.docid: 148386
negative_passages.text: What is the difference between include and extend in Ruby?
negative_passages.docid: 104004
negative_passages.text: Why is init not a class method?
negative_passages.docid: 33243
negative_passages.text: Self-references in object literals / initializers
negative_passages.docid: 146713
negative_passages.text: What underlies this JavaScript idiom: var self = this?
negative_passages.docid: 133619
negative_passages.text: In Objective-C why should I check if self = [super init] is not nil?
negative_passages.docid: 73217
negative_passages.text: Is there a way to instantiate a class without calling __init__?
negative_passages.docid: 30170
negative_passages.text: Difference between _ and self. in Objective-C
negative_passages.docid: 127599
negative_passages.text: Odd situation for "cannot reference this before supertype constructor has been called"