jQuery also has done similar with the jQuery.proxy function.
http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.proxy/
var Dialog = function() {
this.width = 400;
this.setWidth = $.proxy(function(newWidth) {
this.width = newWidth;
}, this);
}
-Kyle Brown
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Jarek Foksa <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When writing constructor functions it's very convenient to create "var
> self = this" assignment so that we could easily access other
> properties and methods even if default context has changed, for
> example:
>
> var Dialog = function() {
> var self = this;
> this.width = 400;
> this.setWidth = function(newWidth) {
> self.width = newWidth;
> }
> }
>
> But is it really a good idea to use "self" variable name for this
> purpose? It seems to be already assigned to window object by default,
> so I guess redefining it might break some third-party code.
>
> What other names would you recommend? Is there some other convention?
>
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