Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!217.188.199.168.MISMATCH!takemy.news.telefonica.de!telefonica.de!newsfeed.arcor.de!newsspool1.arcor-online.net!news.arcor.de.POSTED!not-for-mail Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID: <3686298.zDpTOCFl0f@PointedEars.de> From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Reply-To: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn Organization: PointedEars Software (PES) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:42:34 +0200 User-Agent: KNode/4.4.11 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Face: %i>XG-yXR'\"2P/C_aO%~;2o~?g0pPKmbOw^=NT`tprDEf++D.m7"}HW6.#=U:?2GGctkL,f89@H46O$ASoW&?s}.k+&. <50506600$0$21231$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> Followup-To: comp.lang.javascript MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 15 NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Sep 2012 16:42:34 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: b40bf5eb.newsspool3.arcor-online.net X-Trace: DXC=[I?g[<>ac[[cHPTNZh_e7QMcF=Q^Z^V3X4Fo<]lROoRQ8kF The this[param] approach is not much better than the often abused > "register_globals" setting in PHP. When `this' refers to the Global Object: ACK. Did you see that I recommended against that as well? PointedEars -- > If you get a bunch of authors […] that state the same "best practices" > in any programming language, then you can bet who is wrong or right... Not with javascript. Nonsense propagates like wildfire in this field. -- Richard Cornford, comp.lang.javascript, 2011-11-14