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Title: Clean up methods which return self · Issue #776 · googleapis/google-cloud-python · GitHub

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Description: See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-python/pull/770/files#r27422508 return self is a JavaScript-y method chaining construct. In Python foo = Foo() foo2 = foo.update() indicates that foo2 is indeed a Foo object, but that foo...

Open Graph Description: See https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/gcloud-python/pull/770/files#r27422508 return self is a JavaScript-y method chaining construct. In Python foo = Foo() foo2 = foo.update() indicates that f...

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