# Author:  James Tam

# Version: November 13, 2024
# Learning concepts: understanding the need for self when inside the methods
# of a class.

class Person:
   def __init__(self,aName):
       self.name = aName

   #JT's hint for figuring this out, remember/review my scoping rules frome
   #the functional/decompostion section.
   #
   #Spoiler alert (i.e. answer): you cannot access refences that are local to another method or
   #function.
   def doesNotSetName(self,newName):
      print("What will happen when this method is called? Why?")
      stacey.name = newName
      jamie.name = newName


def start():
   stacey = Person("Stacey")
   jamie = Person("Jamie")

   print("What will happen when this method is called? Why?")
   #stacey.doesNotSetName("James special friend")

   print("What will happen when this method is called? Why?")
   #
   #Spoiler alert (i.e. answer): Self is only a parameter for class methods not
   #functions.
   #name = "James friend"

   print("What will happen when this method is called? Why?")
   #
   #Spoiler alert (i.e. answer): Self is only a parameter for class methods not
   #functions.
   #self.name = "James friend"
   



start()