[upd] this expressions

docs/topics/this-expressions.md

@@ -1,42 +1,216 @@
 [//]: # (title: This expressions)
 
-To denote the current _receiver_, you use `this` expressions:
+The `this` expression refers to the current receiver. How you use `this` depends on the context:
 
 * In a member of a [class](classes.md#inheritance), `this` refers to the current object of that class.
-* In an [extension function](extensions.md) or a [function literal with receiver](lambdas.md#function-literals-with-receiver)
-`this` denotes the _receiver_ parameter that is passed on the left-hand side of a dot.
 
-If `this` has no qualifiers, it refers to the _innermost enclosing scope_. To refer to `this` in other scopes, _label qualifiers_ are used:
+  For example, in the following code, `this.name` means the `name` property of the current `Language` object:
 
-## Qualified this 
+  ```kotlin
+  //sampleStart
+  class Language(val name: String) {
+      fun printName() {
+          println(this.name)
+      }
+  }
 
-To access `this` from an outer scope (a [class](classes.md), [extension function](extensions.md),
-or labeled [function literal with receiver](lambdas.md#function-literals-with-receiver)) you write `this@label`,
- where `@label` is a [label](returns.md) on the scope `this` is meant to be from:
+  fun main() {
+      val language = Language("Kotlin")
+      language.printName()
+      // Kotlin
+  }
+  //sampleEnd
+  ```
+  {kotlin-runnable="true"}
+
+* In an [extension function](extensions.md) or a [function literal with receiver](lambdas.md#function-literals-with-receiver),
+`this` refers to the receiver. 
+
+  In the following example, we call `lastCharacter()`on the string
+  `"Kotlin"`. Therefore, `"Kotlin"` is the receiver. Inside the extension function, `this` refers
+  to `"Kotlin"`. This means that `this.length` is the length of `"Kotlin"`:
+
+  ```kotlin
+  //sampleStart
+  fun String.lastCharacter(): Char {
+      println(this.length)
+      // 6
+      return this[this.length - 1]
+  }
+
+  fun main() {
+      println("Kotlin".lastCharacter())
+      // n
+  }
+  //sampleEnd
+  ```
+  {kotlin-runnable="true"}
+
+> In simple cases, you don't need to write `this` explicitly. Kotlin interprets it from the current scope.
+> Learn more about [](#implicit-this).
+> 
+{style="tip"}
+
+## Qualified this
+
+Your code can have several possible `this` values at the same time when receiver scopes are nested. For example, an inner
+class can access both its own object and the outer class object. If `this` has no qualifier, it refers to the receiver
+of the _innermost enclosing scope_. To refer to a receiver from an outer scope, use a qualified `this`.
+
+To use a qualified `this`, add a [label](returns.md) qualifier:
 
 ```kotlin
-class A { // implicit label @A
-    inner class B { // implicit label @B
-        fun Int.foo() { // implicit label @foo
-            val a = this@A // A's this
-            val b = this@B // B's this
+this@label
+```
 
-            val c = this // foo()'s receiver, an Int
-            val c1 = this@foo // foo()'s receiver, an Int
+The label tells the compiler which receiver to access. You can use the name of an enclosing class or extension function.
+For example, `this@foo` refers to the receiver of an enclosing extension function named `foo`.
 
-            val funLit = lambda@ fun String.() {
-                val d = this // funLit's receiver, a String
-            }
+### Access an outer class from an inner class
 
-            val funLit2 = { s: String ->
-                // foo()'s receiver, since enclosing lambda expression
-                // doesn't have any receiver
-                val d1 = this
-            }
+In an [inner class](nested-classes.md#inner-classes), plain `this` refers to the inner class instance. To access the outer class object,
+use qualified `this`:
+
+```kotlin
+//sampleStart
+class User(val name: String) {
+    inner class Age(val value: Int) {
+        fun printInfo() {
+
+            // Refers to the value property of the current Age object
+            println(this.value)
+            // 22
+
+            // Refers to the name property of the outer User object 
+            println(this@User.name)
+            // Jane Doe
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+fun main() {
+    val user = User("Jane Doe")
+    val age = user.Age(22)
+    age.printInfo()
+}
+//sampleEnd
+```
+{kotlin-runnable="true"}
+
+> Only inner classes hold a reference to an outer class instance. Regular [nested classes](nested-classes.md) don't have access to
+> `this` from the outer class.
+> 
+{style="note"}
+
+### Access a class from an extension function
+
+If you declare an extension function inside a class, two receivers are available:
+
+* The extension receiver: the value on which you call the extension function.
+* The dispatch receiver: the current object of the class where you declare the extension function.
+
+Use qualified `this` to specify which receiver you need:
+
+```kotlin
+//sampleStart
+class User {
+    val prefix = "Name"
+
+    fun String.formatName(): String {
+        return "${this@User.prefix}: ${this.uppercase()}"
+    }
+
+    fun printUser() {
+        println("Jane Doe".formatName())
+    }
+}
+
+fun main() {
+    val user = User()
+    user.printUser()
+    // Name: JANE DOE
+}
+//sampleEnd
+```
+{kotlin-runnable="true"}
+
+Here:
+
+* `this` refers to the extension receiver (the `"Jane Doe"` string).
+* `this@User` refers to the current `User` object.
+* `this@User.prefix` accesses the prefix property of the current `User` object.
+
+### Access from a lambda
+
+Unlike a regular lambda, a [lambda with receiver](lambdas.md#function-literals-with-receiver) has its own receiver. Therefore, `this` inside it
+refers to that receiver. If a lambda with receiver is nested inside another receiver scope, add a label to the lambda
+and use qualified `this` to specify which receiver you need:
+
+```kotlin
+//sampleStart
+class User(val name: String) {
+    fun printWithPrefix() {
+        val print: String.() -> Unit = stringLabel@ {
+            println("${this@stringLabel}: ${this@User.name}")
         }
+
+        print("User")
     }
 }
+
+fun main() {
+    val user = User("Jane Doe")
+    user.printWithPrefix()
+    // User: Jane Doe
+}
+//sampleEnd
 ```
+{kotlin-runnable="true"}
+
+Here: 
+
+* `stringLabel@` labels the lambda.
+* `this@stringLabel` refers to the string receiver of the lambda.
+* `this@User` refers to the current `User` object.
+
+The label doesn't call anything or change how the lambda works. It only helps you refer to the lambda's receiver.
+
+### Access an anonymous object
+
+Since anonymous objects don't have class names, you can't use a name like `this@YourClassName` to refer
+to it. Inside an anonymous object, use plain `this` to refer to the object:
+
+```kotlin
+//sampleStart
+interface UserPrinter {
+    fun print()
+}
+
+fun printUser(printer: UserPrinter) {
+    printer.print()
+}
+
+fun main() {
+    val printer = object : UserPrinter {
+        val name = "Jane Doe"
+
+        override fun print() {
+            // Refers to the name property of the anonymous object
+            println(this.name)
+        }
+    }
+    printUser(printer)
+    // Jane Doe
+}
+//sampleEnd
+```
+{kotlin-runnable="true"}
+
+> If you create an anonymous object inside another class, you can use qualified `this` to access the outer class object.
+> Use it to access an outer receiver, not the anonymous object itself.
+> 
+{style="tip"}
+
 
 ## Implicit this