I have minimised (almost 0% now) my use of this in JS, by using arrow functions. Perhaps 'this' is a bad example, they're an arcane artifact...
Basically you're right, the guide isn't clear at best, wrong at worst : ) On Thu, 20 Jul 2017 at 10:52 Dave Ford <df...@smart-soft.com> wrote: > On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 4:14 AM, Peter Damoc <pda...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> "this" is associated with mutation. Elm is an immutable language. >> > > I don't think that's true. I might be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that > "this" has nothing specifically to do with mutation. I write immutable > objects all day long in java and kotlin making use of "this" and mixing > data and logic. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Elm Discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to elm-discuss+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
