Why is ⎕THIS in a shared method not deterministic

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Why is ⎕THIS in a shared method not deterministic

Postby Manuel Kassens on Sun Oct 25, 2020 11:55 am

When i call a public shared method from outside, ⎕THIS is a reference to the class.
If I call this shared method from an instance method of the same class, ⎕THIS is a reference to the instance.

As a workaround I use in my static method (↑⊃⊃⎕CLASS ⎕THIS) instead simply ⎕THIS.
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Re: Why is ⎕THIS in a shared method not deterministic

Postby Vince|Dyalog on Mon Oct 26, 2020 12:34 pm

Hi Manuel,

I think this is working as designed--that when you are in an instance method, the current namespace that ⎕THIS will refer to is that instance.

Regards,

Vince
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