self always referers to the the Window object (I think?) this can be set based on the context (like jQuery does with event handler functions)
FWIW, I don't find 'self' mentioned in the ECMA spec... --Erik On 3/13/07, Jörn Zaefferer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > the infamous ppk wrote in his blog: > > "I've learnt one other trick for distinguishing newbies and pros: ask > them the difference between |this| and |self|. Usually people who just > claim to be excellent scripters don't know the answer, while real pros do." > > So obviously I am not an excellent scripter, because I don't have any > idea on the difference between those two. And I prefer discussing iton > this instead of crawling through the ECMA spec. > > Anyone? > > -- > Jörn Zaefferer > > http://bassistance.de > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
