would you still do that if you want to change something about this? mix self and this?
Regards, Reza On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Matt <hel...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's good practice because in callbacks "this" is no longer what you > thought it was, whereas that self variable will be. I tend to do it out of > habit even if there are no callbacks because there might be one some day > down the line. > > > On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:11 PM, Reza Razavipour < > reza.razavip...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I see a lot of code that does >> var self = this >> >> and then they use self instead of this for the duration of the function? >> >> Why and when would you use the above pattern? >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/nodejs/3YvqPyTIt-0/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
