so, people not using 'this' assume something not really achievable in
terms of 'technology' ?
;)
I cannot decompile to test my sayings, but 'this' adds more bytecode
to the file ??
No, if you leave it off, it is added at compile time. Like I said,
you can't call methods that aren't members of an object; all functions
must be members of some object. AS1/2 allows you to *pretend* like
you're calling a method that doesn't belong to an object, but only by
assuming that it is a member of the current timeline (which is an
object). Similarly, a method call in a class without an object
specified will assume that it is of the current scope (this), and add
that object reference during compilation (or, technically, just
before). The bytecode is exactly the same, except in the (admittedly
rare) case where there is a name conflict with a method in a
superceding scope, in which case the object reference inserted by the
precompiler will point to a different (and probably wrong) object.
ryanm
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