Re: I have no class

Date	2014-11-24 00:20 -0500
From	Dave Angel <davea@davea.name>
Subject	Re: I have no class
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On 11/24/2014 12:11 AM, Dave Angel wrote:
> On 11/23/2014 11:21 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>
>> In some of these languages, the use of "this/self/me" is optional, but
>> I'm not aware of *any* OOP language where there is no named reference to
>> the current object at all.
>>
>
> The case I found astounding in C++ was in the initializer list where the
> line
>
>      value:value
>
> would assume that the first one was  this->value, and the second was a
> local named value (usually an argument to the constructor).
>
>

That was rather sloppy.  Since this is only used in a constructor, and 
it appears before the body of the function/method, the second one must 
be an argument, or else something non-local.

Anyway, the construct is a bit of a surprise the first time you see it.

-- 
DaveA

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I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 21:47 -0500
  Re: I have no class random832@fastmail.us - 2014-11-22 22:08 -0500
    Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 22:16 -0500
  Re: I have no class Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-11-22 19:09 -0800
    Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 22:18 -0500
  Re: I have no class Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> - 2014-11-22 22:14 -0500
    Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 22:35 -0500
      Re: I have no class Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com> - 2014-11-22 22:52 -0500
        Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 23:15 -0500
          Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-23 17:00 +1100
            Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-23 05:52 -0500
              Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-23 10:16 -0500
                Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-23 10:54 -0500
                Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-23 11:14 -0500
                Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-23 11:49 -0500
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 03:59 +1100
                Re: I have no class Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-11-23 09:02 -0800
                Re: I have no class Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-11-24 04:21 +0000
                Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-24 00:11 -0500
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 16:11 +1100
                Re: I have no class Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2014-11-24 13:44 +0000
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-25 00:48 +1100
                Re: I have no class Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-11-24 00:20 -0500
                Re: I have no class Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-24 16:21 +1100
                Re: I have no class Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-11-24 13:47 -0500
      Re: I have no class Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-11-22 19:55 -0800
        Re: I have no class Seymore4Head <Seymore4Head@Hotmail.invalid> - 2014-11-22 23:19 -0500
        Re: I have no class Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2014-11-23 15:35 +0000

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