Difference between ‘cls’ and ‘self’ in Python classes?

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The distinction between "self" and "cls" is defined in PEP 8 . As Adrien said, this is not mandatory. It’s a coding style. PEP 8 says:

Function and method arguments:

Always use self for the first argument to instance methods.

Always use cls for the first argument to class methods.

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