(j3.2006) Why is the Passed-Object Argument Explicit?

[Tom Clune]

Fortunately the python community can at least share our pain on this one.   

But I do frequently (figuratively) weep over elegant code that is uglified with a "this%" on each line.   


On Feb 4, 2014, at 3:04 PM, Bill Long <longb at cray.com> wrote:

> 
> On Feb 4, 2014, at 1:49 PM, Craig Dedo <craig at ctdedo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Everyone:
>>            Yesterday, on the Intel Visual Fortran (IVF) Developers Forum, Jim Dempsey asked this question:
>> [Quote]
>> Do you know why the Fortran standards committee did not choose to make the ?this? arg implicit?  (like most other OO languages)
>> [End of quote]
> 
> Would that cause ?this? to be a reserved variable name?  That would seem very un-Fortran.
> 
> Cheers,
> Bill
> 
>> 
>>            Although I was present during the development of the OOP features, my memory is hazy as to why the passed-object argument is explicit rather than implicit.  Could one or more persons refresh my memory?  Malcolm, you headed up the OOP effort, could you please contribute your insight?
>> 
>> Sincerely,
>> Craig T. Dedo
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