Function.apply not using thisArg parameter

Question

I\'m writing some Actionscript3 code that attempts to apply a method to an object that is determined at runtime. The AS3 documentation for Function.apply and Function.call b

Answer 1

Have you tried actually using the this reference explicitly, i.e.:

internal class MyObj
{
    private var _name:String;
    public function MyObj(name:String)
    {
        _name = name;
    }   
    public function sayName():void
    {
        trace(this._name);
    }
}

It might just be that when the this keyword is omitted, the original instance is used to look up the field/variable, whereas what thisArg really does is to re-bind the this keyword. If that's the case it's arcane at best, but it might be worth a try.