On 9/14/06, Juergen Schreck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Here's another MochiKit [greenhorn] question...
>
> My code is filling up with self references to an object:
>
>
> var myHardWorkingObject = {
>
> 'myprop1' : null,
> 'myprop2': null,
>
> doALotOfStuff: function () {
> var self= myHardWorkingObject; // <-- yuck?!
> self. doALotMoreStuff();
> },
In JavaScript, "self" is called "this" and it's available implicitly.
You will see "var self = this;" sometimes in code. This is done so
that an inner function can reference the "this" from the scope it was
created in.. beacuse "this" is created by call syntax, not bound
methods as in Python.
http://bob.pythonmac.org/archives/2005/07/06/this-sucks-in-javascript/
-bob
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