Avoiding the word "this" is to avoid easy to understand code It tells you that a variable is not a local variable but a important one that's gonna be around to a while ;]
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Bradley Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:54 PM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question On Oct 28, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Shaw, Matt wrote: > Assuming the Game class is your root/stage class: > > .... > Public class Game extends MovieClip { > public function Game(){ > var gameworld:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); //new GameWorld()? > this.addChild( gameworld ); > > var game_bg:MovieClip = new MovieClip(); > gameworld.addChild( game_bg ); > } What I don't get is why it needs "this.addChild" instead of just addChild. I've been sick of the keyword "this" for a long time and have since avoided it in AS2. Any reason that it needs to be back in for AS3? - Jon _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
