On 14-Sep-06, at 8:48 PM, Juergen Schreck wrote: > Hmmm, but if I use 'this' in lieu of 'self' in my example, I get > errors that that this.doALotMoreStuff is not a function.
Juergen, Here's a simpler version of your example: var myHardWorkingObject = { prop : "I'm doing way too much stuff!!!!", doALotOfStuff: function () { this.doALotMoreStuff(); }, doALotMoreStuff: function () { alert(this.prop); } } When you do: myHardWorkingObject.doALotOfStuff(); 'this' is bound the way you expect it to be. If for whatever reason you do something like: var shortcut = myHardWorkingObject.doALotOfStuff; When you do: shortcut(); 'this' will not be bound the way you expect it to be. Have a closer look at Bob's notes on this: http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2005/07/06/this-sucks-in-javascript/ Beau --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to mochikit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---