From: Robert Klemme <bob.news@...>
Date: 2004-09-28T16:39:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Best name for "this method" ?


"vruz" <horacio.lopez@gmail.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:6b809bd804092722465fa1de66@mail.gmail.com...
> > >   1) It's a pronoun
> > >   2) It's very short
> > >   3) It has some semantic value, i.e. as in (me)thod
> > >   4) It not really used for anything else (AFAIK)
> >
> > I think your initial reaction was right :-)  With things like this, I
> > usually run through in my mind what it would be like to teach it to a
> > new Rubyist.  I think trying to explain "self" and "me" would be
> > awkward.
>
> "me" should be pretty mnemotechnical for method
> I would find it hard to forget that way

Perl name clash alarm!  Seriously, I don't think "me" is appropriate.  I
would usually expect it to denote an instance and not a method.  Also, it
sounds like an alias for "self" rather than "this method".

Kind regards

    robert