tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7421391.post-1145577064693200512006-04-21T08:56:00.000+10:002006-04-21T09:51:23.750+10:00<p> I've been asked a couple of times now about my use of "open recursion". It's covered in some detail by Pierce in "Types and Programming Languages"; I've included the one paragraph definition he gives below. <blockquote> <p> <strong>Open recursion.</strong> Another handy feature offered by most languages with objects and classes is the ability for one method body to invoke another method of the same object via a special variable called <code>self</code> or, in some langauges, <code>this</code>. The special behavior of <code>self</code> is that it is <em>late-bound</em>, allowing a method defined in one class to invoke another method that is defined later, in some subclass of the first. </p> <p> <em>Types and Programming Lanauges, Benjamin C. Pierce, 2002, MIT Press, pg 227.</em> </p> </blockquote> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7421391-114557706469320051?l=etymon.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrae Muyshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04967415260912980895noreply@blogger.com1