Well, to me it's the other way around. Code that doesn't use proper references looks messy to me.
Whe I'm lazy or in a hurry, I do skip them, but I usually find myself adding them afterwards anyway. So, I'm with ryanm on this one ;-) regards, Muzak ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:03 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Newbie AS3 question > > > ryanm wrote: >>> 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? >>> >> Maybe because it's one of the most useful scope references ever invented? >> >> The fundamental concept that you seem to miss is that "addChild" is >> meaningless by itself, it is a method of an object (in >> proper OOP development), and if you just say "addChild", who is adding the >> child? > > the context is the current class. Occasionally 'this' is useful if you happen > to name a method parameter or local variable the > same as a member variable and need to distinguish the two. > > But, I dont agree that its bad form to leave it out, nor is it any more > difficult to maintain. > > in my opinion putting 'this' in everywhere to me just makes things harder to > read. > > thanks, > > Martin _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
