[GitHub] [royale-compiler] joshtynjala edited a comment on issue #90: Bad "this"

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joshtynjala edited a comment on issue #90: Bad "this"
URL: https://github.com/apache/royale-compiler/issues/90#issuecomment-530445005
 
 
   The compiler is actually working correctly, and this matches the behavior of SWF.
   
   `self` is used in the generated output only when `this` is implicit. That's why `status = "complete"` in AS3 turns into `self.status = "complete"` in JS. However, if you had `this.status = "complete"` instead, the explicit `this` in AS3 would not be replaced by `self` in the generated JS output. You'd get `this.status = "complete"` in JS too.
   
   Similarly, `complete(this)` in AS3 turns into `self.complete(this)` in JS. The first `this` in AS3 is implicit, so it the JS gets `self`, and the second `this` in AS3 is explicit, so it remains as `this` in JS.

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