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to: THOMAS MAEDER
from: BOB GEARHART
date: 1998-02-05 13:41:00
subject: this

 -=> Quoting Thomas Maeder to Bob Gearhart on this<=-
 BG>  BC 3.1 is saying use of a keyword "this" is obsolete, because the
 BG>  "this" pointer is likely to be over-ridden.
 TM> What do you mean with this statement?
 TM> The term "overriding" is used if a derived class provides a  different
 TM> implementation for an operation than the one of the base class. It has
 TM> no meaning in the context of your statement.
 Your correct in your use of the terminolgy.  By using over-ridden I was
 saying that I believe Borland is saying the use of "this" as a pointer
 keyword, say in a linked list structure definition, a common practice
 in C, is considered obsolete.
 Using "this" in that context could cause unwanted behavior.
 Bob..
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