title: When should you use the "this" keyword in C++?
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    <p><strong>Possible Duplicates:</strong><br>
    <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1057425/is-excessive-use-of-this-in-c-a-code-smell">Is excessive use of this in C++ a code smell</a>  </p>
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  <p>Years ago, I got in the habit of using this-> when accessing member variables. I knew it wasn't strictly necessary, but I thought it was more clear.</p>
  
  <p>Then, at some point, I started to prefer a more minimalistic style and stopped this practice... </p>
  
  <p>Recently I was asked by one of my more junior peers whether I thought it was a good idea and I found that I didn't really have a good answer for my preference... Is this really a wholly stylistic choice or are there real reasons why not prefixing this-> on member variable accesses is better?</p>