On Jun 7, 2013, at 8:50 AM, Claus Reinke wrote: >>> We do have this/super for references along the instance prototype >>> chain, and we have this.constructor for getting to the class of an instance >>> method. But what about getting the current class from a static method, >>> for class-side inheritance? >>> >>> Can't you just use "this"? >> >> Exactly, that should work. The constructors form their own prototype chain >> (somewhat independently of the instance prototypes, but reflecting their >> chain), so everything should work out. In other words, Sub is just an >> object, so its methods can use `this` to refer to each other. > > Kind of obvious from the desugaring... My thinking in that > direction was blocked by associating wrong ideas with the > class syntax.
One reason I really resisted use of the keyword "static", in this context, but water and bridges... Allen > > Thanks, > Claus > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
