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From: Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject: Re: NEVER use "this" as a variable Re: Is the input type ID passed as a parameter onChange? If not how can i achieve it.
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:45:50 +0100
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"R.Wieser" <address@not.available> writes:

>> The difference is, that "this", "document" and "window"
>> name an *existing* object and "that" not.
>
> Exactly that.   And AFAICT thats the /only/ difference.

Jumping in, so maybe I've missed some context, but this is a keyword
which makes it different in other ways.  For example, you can't use it
as an identifier, but it can be a property name.

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-- 
Ben.