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From: steve g <Sgonedes1977@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Taming The Switch-Statement
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Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> writes:

> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>> On Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:33:56 -0700, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:
>>> On 10/23/2026 3:40 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> The trouble with a fixed name is, how do you refer to the instance
>>>> of an outer class?
>>>
>>> Well, self can be internal to the API logic.
>>
>> If “self” refers to the current instance of the innermost class, how
>> do you refer to an instance of an outer class?
>
> What's a "class"?

an object is a data structure that has an identity. I remeber this from
a long time ago. A class i dunno.

> There are ways to implement or simulate classes and inheritance in C.
> Without knowing how that's being done, it's not very meaningful to ask
> how to refer to an instance of an outer class.

To access an ``outer'' class, or a nested object, would depend on the
programming language. I would recommend GCC. it allows for nested
functions. Just stick the functions into a vector and well...