[OOP Basics] Grabbing the parent of a function

[jide]

I'm having trouble adjusting to the way functions pass in AS3.
How come when I say "this" it doesn't know I'm refering to AudioTrack?

    var AudioTrack:Object = new Object();
    AudioTrack.myVar = "Hello";
    
    AudioTrack.onComplete = function(){
        trace (this.myVar)
    }
    AudioTrack.onComplete(); 

[5TonsOfFlax]

According to the livedocs, it should.

According to my quick test, it does.

package 
{
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	import flash.events.Event;

	public class Main extends Sprite 
	{
		
		public function Main():void 
		{
			if (stage) init();
			else addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
		}
		
		private function init(e:Event = null):void 
		{
			removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
			// entry point
			var something:Object = new Object();
			something.afunction = function():* {
				trace(this.myVar);
			}
			something.myVar = 4;
			something.afunction();
		}
		
	}
	
}

traces "4".

Forgive the boilerplate code, it's generated for me.

[neznein9]

Works fine:

var o:Object = {s:"foo", f:function(){return this.s}};
trace(o.f());   //  foo