Well, I think that having closing over a method close over `this` is
actually right and I don't think it would actually break anything.
(I believe the ActionScript extension applies _only_ to methods; and
methods _do_ have a free reference to this. Really all they have
done is made it so that if you close over a method `foo`, that you
can invoke it as `foo()` and not have this be `null`.)
On 1 Dec 2005, at 11:51, Neil Mix wrote:
Wow. I'm stunned. Is it possible for the compiler do the right
tricks in order to maintain x-platform compatibility within LZX? I
know this is still a long way off, I'm just curious.
On Dec 1, 2005, at 9:59 AM, P T Withington wrote:
On 1 Dec 2005, at 10:43, Neil Mix wrote:
off-topic: P.T., if I understand you correctly, in swf9 the
"this" that is present when a function is defined is what gets
used when the function is executed? I've never seen a browser
JavaScript implementation do that -- it seems that would break
the language in some pretty fundamental ways.
It _is_ a deviation from Javascript. It is a Macromedia extension
(perhaps taken from the Javascript 2 proposal?), specifically
intended to eliminate the need for delegates. It applies to
closed over methods only. Cf. http://labs.macromedia.com/wiki/
index.php/ActionScript_3:overview (and search for 'closure').
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