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Tuesday April 09, 2002
01:49 PM

Method, know thy $self

[ #4062 ]

Programming pet peeve #24:

Classes whose methods use a different variable name than "$self" to refer to the obligatory object reference. Sure, you might be tempted to use $this or $obj, but don't. I, and the majority of module writers on CPAN it seems, expect $self.

Drive on through. Thanks for playing!


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  • Frankly, I don't give a bugger what you call $_[0], so long as you're consistent and the name you choose tells me what it's for. Personally, I choose self, for fuzzy reasons that I really must get round to articulating (so I know what they are...), but I'm not dogmatic enough about it to say anyone else should do different.

    • Because surprises aren't amusing when you're maintaining other people's code. Following conventions helps avoid stupid mistakes. For a while, I switched to using '$this'. Bad, bad jjohn. The switch served no purpose.

      Normally, I'm pretty laid back about style, but this bugs me.

      • Bah! Foo! Just look at the first line of the function, and see all the wonders that might be some other name.
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