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From: clw@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com (Chris Winemiller)
Subject: Re: How does the instance's class get set?
Message-ID: <1995Jan18.030336.2354@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com>
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References: <3fctka$mdk@isnews.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> <1995Jan16.145425.1747@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com> <3fgufb$p5q@isnews.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 03:03:36 GMT
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In article <3fgufb$p5q@isnews.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp> jeff@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp writes:
>In article <1995Jan16.145425.1747@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com> clw@ticipa.pac.sc.ti.com (Chris Winemiller) writes:
>
> >The special variable "self" always refers to the receiver of a message. 
> >The special variable "super" *also* refers to the receiver of a message.
> >"super" and "self" refer to the same object, but they differ in where
>
>I know what you mean but saying that super "refers" to something sort
>of rubs me the wrong way.  I mean, it does but in sort of a useless
>way.  Like I said previously, super is really just a hack that sits
>like a wart on an otherwise quite nice language.
>
>Are we even?

Yes, yes!  I think we done beat the stuffin's outa this'un. :-)

Regards,
Chris
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