[plt-scheme] idiom for 'self'
On Tue, Sep 05, 2006 at 09:45:59AM +0000, Matthew Flatt wrote:
> At Mon, 04 Sep 2006 21:05:38 -0400, David Richards wrote:
> > How does a method reference its object? 'me'? 'self'?
>
> `this'.
A conventional, but inconvenient choice dating back to C++. I believe..
When you want to mention 'this' in comments, you run into ambiguity
between its use as 'self' vs its use as an ordinary English word.
'self' would have been a better choice.
Probably too late now.
-- hendrik