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From: ml27192@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Mark Lanett)
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Subject: Re: Use of this in C++ compared to self in Smalltalk
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Date: 17 Apr 91 17:56:58 GMT
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jncs@uno.edu writes:

>Example : can I write :
>		int C::foo (...)
>		 {
>			...
>		   this.message
>			...
>		 }

>where "message" is a virtual function declared in class C.

Yes, this and self are similar. Note that this is a pointer, so
the usage is this->message (); this is in fact optional: message ()
alone will work.
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Mark Lanett						ml27192@uxa.cs.uiuc.edu