"this me"?

[Jan Schenkel]

Here are my suggestions:

- self
- myself
- this object

The nerd inside wanted to suggest 'ego' and 'id' but that would have been over the top ;-)


Jan Schenkel.
 
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----- Original Message -----
> From: Monte Goulding <monte at sweattechnologies.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Cc: 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 10:32 PM
> Subject: Re: "this me"?
> 
> 
> On 08/08/2013, at 4:13 AM, Mike Kerner <MikeKerner at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> 
>>  Really?  That was the best we could come up with?  That.  Is.  Horrible.
>>  And.  Must.  Die.
>> 
>>  In what context in the English language would that even begin to make 
> sense?
> 
> I've suggested it makes sense if you have multiple-personality disorder ;-)
> 
> It's worthwhile reading the thread to get some perspective here. 
> 
> Here's a few options we've been throwing around:
> - the scriptObject - a bit clunky but quite descriptive and works anywhere
> - this behavior - also quite descriptive but only works inside a behavior 
> obviously (perhaps returning the same as me outside a behavior???)
> - the behavior - possibly confusing when the behavior of me might return 
> something else
> - this script - doesn't really make sense because what we want is an object 
> reference
> - this me - was originally a joke but was implemented for the sake of 
> implementing something and to see if somebody came up with something better
> 
> I don't think I've missed any. My favorites are still the scriptObject 
> or this behavior. Mark Waddingham picked this me for the sake of implementing 
> something.
> 
> So... if you don't like it then come up with something better ;-)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> --
> Monte Goulding
> 
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