From the little I know, the methods you include from a Trait become  
methods of the class. Therefore, self and super refer to the same  
self and super you would refer to if you were to write a method in  
that class.

- Daniel

On Sep 3, 2005, at 2:38 PM, Nevin Pratt wrote:

> Daniel Salama wrote:
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>> I would say they are more like "include" in Ruby. With Java   
>> interfaces, you still need to code the implementation of the  
>> methods,  whereas with Traits, you are incorporating the  
>> functionality of those  methods. Sort of like "including" a  
>> library of methods.
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>> - Daniel
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> What are the keywords 'self' and 'super' bound to for a trait?
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> It sounds like traits are (conceptually) a method for ad-hoc  
> composing the MethodDictionary contents of a class.  If that is  
> true (is it?), then it sounds like that once a trait is bound  
> within a class, then 'self' and 'super' have their usual meanings  
> within that class.
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> Nevin
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