When should I make explicit use of the `this` pointer?

Question

When should I explicitly write this->member in a method of a class?

Answer 1

There are several reasons why you might need to use this pointer explicitly.

• When you want to pass a reference to your object to some function.
• When there is a locally declared object with the same name as the member object.
• When you're trying to access members of dependent base classes.
• Some people prefer the notation to visually disambiguate member accesses in their code.