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I don't think you need prototypes to understand this, though it is maybe a consequence of them. If you remember that functions are just always free functions an

by vore 4y ago

I don't think you need prototypes to understand this, though it is maybe a consequence of them. If you remember that functions are just always free functions and calling them without a context means `this` has no context (unless they are bound or declared with a fat arrow), then I think that gets you 100% of the way there. `this`, of course, is a whole other bag of worms :(

dmitriid 4y ago
> I don't think you need prototypes to understand this, though it is maybe a consequence of them. You do indeed need to understand prototypes to explain this behavior. "Free functions" doesn't really make sense, because it obviates the need for classes.