ryanm wrote:
> You do know that it (this.) is being added for you at compile time in
AS2, right?
Who cares? All that means is that there is no semantic difference
between the two.
Not quite. What it means is that the "this" is assumed, which is not
always what you want.
You can force class scope by including "this", but there's no way to do
the opposite. Local (or class) scope always obscures global scope,
that's just a fact of life. The only exception is built-in function like
trace and eval, which normally obscure everything else. That's probably
part of the reason AS3 is more heavily based around namespaces - you can
more clearly state what scope you want if everything resides in a unique
namespace. That takes us back to the point about whether you should
include "this" everywhere - doing so is akin to including the fully
qualified name of every class instead of just importing the package.
Which is easier to read?
- Robert
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