"this me"?

Mark Schonewille m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com
Wed Aug 7 17:54:45 EDT 2013


Monte,

First of all, if it is properly documented, people will understand that 
"this control" is a bit of an exception.

Second, if you ask for ideas, you should not immediately reject 
everything I write, because you're scaring potential contributors to the 
discussion.

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On 8/7/2013 23:40, Monte Goulding wrote:
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> On 08/08/2013, at 7:08 AM, Mark Schonewille <m.schonewille at economy-x-talk.com> wrote:
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>> Why do you want "this me" to have sense outside a behavior script, if the only place where it will be used is in a behavior script?
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> I'm not really sure but that's the main reason I can think of for 'this behavior' being rejected ;-)
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>> Apparently, "this group", "this control" etc. is not a synonym of "me" because currently "this group", "this control" etc. throws an execution error while "me" doesn't. That makes "this group", "this control" etc. a very feasible candidate.
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> Sorry, I didn't mean it's currently a synonym of me. I meant that if implemented I think people would naturally expect it to be a synonym of me. Or perhaps this group in the context of a control script would actually be the containing group reference...
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