What is the purpose of the `self` parameter? Why is it needed?

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Full question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2709...

Question links:
[What is the advantage of having this/self pointer mandatory explicit?]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9100.../
[TypeError: method() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2394...
[How can I call a function within a class?]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5615...

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