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[-] kayohtie@pawb.social 30 points 8 months ago

Wait there's a "that"???

[-] theit8514@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago

Only if you define it.

const that = this

[-] mesamunefire@piefed.social 15 points 8 months ago

I remember that a long time ago. Oh god

[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 7 points 8 months ago

I remember this too... what a nightmare.

[-] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 30 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

it's common practice as a workaround to save this when changing contexts, since this may change under you, in callbacks and such

[-] Johanno@feddit.org 2 points 8 months ago

Kotlin:

this@outerFunction.bla

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