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But why? (Score:2)

by pdcawley (485)

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.
- Re:But why? (Score:2)
  
  by jjohn (22)
  
  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.
  - Re:But why? (Score:1)
    
    by pudge (1)
    
    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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