"this me"?
Jan Schenkel
janschenkel at yahoo.com
Thu Aug 8 00:57:10 EDT 2013
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>
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 7, 2013 10:32 PM
> Subject: Re: "this me"?
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> 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
>
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