[swift-evolution] Proposal: Re-instate mandatory self for accessing instance properties and functions

[David Hart]

> 
> We are fortunate because the Python mailing list debated this exact
> issue in 2006 (albeit, in the reverse direction). I’ll quote from
> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3099/ (“Things that will Not
> Change in Python 3000”):
> 
>> Having self be explicit is a good thing . It makes the code clear by removing ambiguity about how a variable resolves. It also makes the difference between functions and methods small.

That’s very interesting.