Re: Re: bug of the day: $this

On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 01:32, Balazs Nagy wrote: > On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 21:53, Ivan Ristic wrote: > > Balazs Nagy wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > $this stays defined when an instantatiated member function calls a > > > non-instantiated member function. > > > > Correct. I actually find it quite interesting. :) > > It can be useful at times, I have used it in my > > libraries as a feature. > > > > There is an interesting article on the subject: > > http://www.advogato.org/article/470.html > > Now, please tell me how can you decide whether the member function is > called as an object element (eg. $obj->func()) or as a class element > (eg. class::func()). > > Basic functionality is killed with this so-called feature. The right > way should be a call stack, with for example a $_STACK array, or through > stack functions (eg. this_object(), previous_object()). this_object()? LPC? :) - Stig