How to recall objects inside a group

[ale870]

Hello,
I found a problem and I cannot find "the definitive solution".

This is the problem:
I created a group, called "g1", with two buttons inside, called "b1" and "b2":

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GROUP1
  |
  +--b1
  +--b2

Now when I push "b1" it call the handler "whoAreYou" in button "b2".
CODE FOR B1:

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send "whoAreYou" to button "b2"

CODE FOR B2:

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on whoAreYou
answer "I am b2-group 1"
end whoAreYou

Everything works perfectly.

Now, I duplicate this group (group "g1"), and in the same stack, I create this new copy called "g2". I simply change the code inside button "b2" to show the text: I am b2-group 2 <-- please note "group 2"
I do not change anything else, and I try to push button "b1" inside the new group "g2": SURPRISE! I get an answer from button "b2" inside group "g1"!!!!

I have some alternatives in my mind to solve this problem, but I don't like it. My purpose is creating a group where the objects inside refer only to other objects inside the group-self (even if another group with the same button name exists).
If I use card or stacks there are two wonderful properties called "this card" and "this stack": they refer to the object container. I think I need another property like "this group":

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send "whoAreYou" to button "b2" of this group -- DOES NOT WORK!

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answer "I am b2-" && the name of this group -- DOES NOT WORK!

Can you tell me how can I do this? Is it possible?

(I think this is the best approach to realize a "full object-oriented" RunRev architecture).

Thank you for your help!

[ale870]

EDIT: Now I solved creating this function and putting it in the stack containing the groups, but I hope a better (faster) solution could be found:

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function thisGroup
   local ret
   
   get wordOffset("group", the long name of target)
   if it is not empty then
      put word it to it+2 of the long name of target into ret
   else
      put empty into ret
   end if
      
   return ret
end thisGroup

Based on the previous example, in button "b1" now I can write:

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send "whoAreYou" to button "b2" of thisGroup()

[ale870]

Hello again, I found another alternative: it is faster (less code) but it must be located in every group (or inside a behavior attached to every group):

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function thisGroup
   return me
end thisGroup

It is trivial, but it works perfectly.

[sturgis]

You could also have done this to use your original method.

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    send "whoAreYou" to button "b2" of the owner of me

The owner of the button clicked is the group its in, so that defines where to look for button "b2".
Otherwise since you have 2 groups, and group 1 and group 2 have different object id's. when send is looking for the apropos button it finds whichever comes first in the message path. \