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#758 — [[Call]]'s parameter 'thisArgument'
- bug_id:
758
- creation_ts:
2012-10-07 14:50:00 -0700
- short_desc:
[[Call]]'s parameter 'thisArgument'
- delta_ts:
2012-10-26 15:34:14 -0700
- product:
Draft for 6th Edition
- component:
editorial issue
- version:
Rev 10: September 27, 2012 Draft
- rep_platform:
All
- op_sys:
All
- bug_status:
RESOLVED
- resolution:
FIXED
- priority:
Normal
- bug_severity:
normal
- everconfirmed:
true
- reporter:
Michael Dyck
- assigned_to:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- commentid:
1892
- comment_count:
0
- who:
Michael Dyck
- bug_when:
2012-10-07 14:50:05 -0700
13.6.1 [[Call]] supplies names for the internal method's two parameters: 'thisArgument' and 'argumentsList'.
However, almost all 'invocations' of an object's [[Call]] internal method use wording like:
... providing [some object] as the *this* value ...
(where '*' indicates a bold font).
So I'm wondering if such wording should be changed to
... providing [some object] as /thisArgument/ ...
(where '/' indicates an italic font).
The advantage would be that passing a value to a named parameter has more obvious (mundane) semantics than passing to "the *this* value", which looks like it might have a special meaning.
- commentid:
1999
- comment_count:
1
- who:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- bug_when:
2012-10-24 11:41:35 -0700
corrected in rev 11 editor's draft
- commentid:
2125
- comment_count:
2
- who:
Allen Wirfs-Brock
- bug_when:
2012-10-26 15:34:14 -0700
in October 26, 2012 release draft