You don't need to use the 'this' keyword.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Bradley
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:54 PM
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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
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