Is it possible to set this on null?

BCS ao at pathlink.com
Wed Aug 6 11:05:48 PDT 2008


Reply to Zarathustra,

> class CFoo{
> public void destroy(){ delete this; } // ok
> public void forget(){ this = null; }   // ok but no effect
> }

that doesn't work because this is a hidden arg to the function, you can change 
its value but as with any other local value that doesn't effect the value 
used to call the function.

> void
> main(){
> auto l_fooA = new CFoo;
> auto l_fooB = l_fooA;
> l_fooA.forget; // no effect
> l_fooA = null;  // now ok
> l_fooB.destroy;  // ok }
> 




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