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In article <44k3iv$mok@cnn.Princeton.EDU>
           tim@franck.Princeton.EDU "Tim Hollebeek" writes:

 > Ronald F. Guilmette <rfg@monkeys.com> wrote:
 > >Heck!  If you are going to ask about _that_ why not ask why member
 > >functions get a `this' _pointer_ rather than a `this' reference?
 > >The latter would clearly have been a far better choice.
 > 
 > Agreed. I'm tired of returning *this.

I also agree....dare I suggest the preprocessor option...

#define self (*this)

(P.S. I apologise to those concerned if the above quotes are misattributed)
Regards,
 Andy
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