Why does StyleCop recommend prefixing method or property calls with “this”?

Question

I have been trying to follow StyleCop\'s guidelines on a project, to see if the resulting code was better in the end. Most rules are reasonable or a matter of opinion on cod

Answer 1

It can make code clearer at a glance. When you use this, it's easier to:

• Tell static and instance members apart. (And distinguish instance methods from delegates.)
• Distinguish instance members from local variables and parameters (without using a naming convention).