Alex Martelli wrote:
> Bjoern Schliessmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> ...
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>>Mh, strange, I personally like to use "this.a" in C++, to make clear
>>I use an instance variable.
>
>
> That would be nice, unfortunately your C++ compiler will refuse that,
> and force you to use this->a instead;-).
Yes, as Strostrup admits, "this" should have been a reference.
Early versions of C++ didn't have references.
One side effect of that mistake was the "delete(this)" idiom,
which does not play well with inheritance. But that's a digression here.
John Nagle
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