Preparing for the 0.2 draft

[Mark Thornton]

Joshua Bloch wrote:
> True, but I haven't heard *any *arguments in favor of the "transparent this"
> that are in any way applicable to Java. Maybe I'm being dense, but I believe
> it's cargo cult language design.  In Java, I believe it would be a
> gratuitous inconsistency, pure and simple.  And I believe it would bite us
> sooner rather than later.  If I'm wrong, I'd love to see some compelling,
> practical examples where having this refer to the enclosing instance is
> useful (in Java).
>
>   
A decision could be delayed by not allowing an unqualified "this" at all 
(the qualified form is unambiguous so could remain).

Mark Thornton