Hi,
> if (this.timeout) this.hide.delay(3);
You're losing context (the meaning of `this`) when you call
Function#delay, exactly the same way you lose context when setting up
an event handler. Functions are just functions, they do not have
`this` burned into them. So when `hide` gets called three seconds
later, the `this` value will be wrong. More on the theory behind all
of this here[1] and here[2].
There are lots of ways to preserve context; an easy one is Prototype's
Function#bind[3]. Off-the-cuff, that would look like this:
if (this.timeout) this.hide.bind(this).delay(3);
If performance is an issue, though, be aware that *both* #bind and
#delay create functions (closures) on the fly, so the above is a tad
inefficient, but has the advantage that the closures that are created
are created in a fairly well-controlled context within Prototype to
minimize what they close over.
[1] http://blog.niftysnippets.org/2008/04/you-must-remember-this.html
[2] http://blog.niftysnippets.org/2008/03/mythical-methods.html
[3] http://api.prototypejs.org/language/function.html#bind-instance_method
HTH,
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T.J. Crowder
Independent Software Consultant
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www.crowdersoftware.com
On Nov 25, 6:34 pm, Darian Ka <darian...@mail.ru> wrote:
> I need call 'delay' within the class:
>
> var Informer = Class.create({
> ......
> hide: function() {
> this.element.hide();
> },
>
> show: function() {
> this.element.show();
> if (this.timeout) this.hide.delay(3);
> }
> ......
>
> });
>
> But it dosent work.Help plz.
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