Built in function library

[Amm0]

I’d love $0 to return the script name.

It’s this case where $0 being the containing array from a function be useful, :jobname does NOT help here:

@merlinthemagic7

But in essense you are correct the functions are stored as items in an array.

The basic design is to attempts to mimic objects and having the ability to call methods on those objects.

I’ve thought before that $0 should be a “this” pointer when a function is contained within an array. In array function, $0 is the first parameter so this has side-effects (see http://forum.mikrotik.com/t/positional-arguments-in-array-function-0-vs-1/154024/1)

Since V7 copies arrays, if functions could access data within their OWN array, that the essence of an object.

But there is no way for a function to know what array contains it (e.g. where is “lives”), so no way to access data from other array members without some external variables.

Whether that’s $0 or some $this available to “functions inside array’s” is less important, it’s that array function cannot access other array members directly is what limits more “real” objects (or even a C+±like vtable with more tricks).