thistype

The thistype keyword behaves exactly as the struct's name in code that is inside a struct.

//The next code,
struct test 
    thistype array ts
    method tester takes nothing returns thistype
        return thistype.allocate()
    endmethod
endstruct

//Is equivalent to:

struct test 
    test array ts
    method tester takes nothing returns test
        return test.allocate()
    endmethod
endstruct

The intended usage for thistype, is when it is actually necessary, e.g: textmacros, modules. I do not endorse the idea of people using this so they can rename the struct later, but I guess they are allowed to.

Last modified: 16 October 2024