Make Python less selfish

[ssanderson]

Making the Python world a little less selfish.

[asottile]

🤔

>>> @selfless
... def f(x):
...     x = x
...     def g():
...         return x + 2
...     def h(new_x):
...         x = new_x
... 
>>> 
>>> import dis
>>> dis.dis(f)
Disassembly of __init__:
  1           0 LOAD_FAST                1 (x)
              2 LOAD_FAST                0 (self)
              4 STORE_ATTR               0 (x)
              6 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
              8 RETURN_VALUE

Disassembly of g:
  5           0 LOAD_FAST                0 (self)
              2 LOAD_ATTR                0 (x)
              4 LOAD_CONST               0 (2)
              6 BINARY_ADD
              8 RETURN_VALUE

Disassembly of h:
  7           0 LOAD_FAST                1 (new_x)
              2 LOAD_FAST                0 (self)
              4 STORE_ATTR               0 (x)
              6 LOAD_CONST               0 (None)
              8 RETURN_VALUE

>>> 

proposal: use notself instead?