> Hang on, that's in Lua 1.0. One can't go lower than Lua 1.0.
And? It's not like the question was version specific. It already could have been cut from Lua 1.0
'self' is so much nicer than 'this', yes? :-)
On the caller part yes, since it's explicit what 'this/self' is going to be while JS makes some akward auto-logic into it (once you get used to it, it's okay to live with, but elegant it's not)
