CoffeeScript-in-CoffeeScript can compile @property references.

lib/coffee_script/nodes.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function(){
-  var AccessorNode, CallNode, CommentNode, Expressions, ExtendsNode, IndexNode, LiteralNode, Node, ReturnNode, TAB, TRAILING_WHITESPACE, ValueNode, any, compact, del, dup, flatten, inherit, merge, statement;
+  var AccessorNode, CallNode, CommentNode, Expressions, ExtendsNode, IndexNode, LiteralNode, Node, ReturnNode, TAB, TRAILING_WHITESPACE, ThisNode, ValueNode, any, compact, del, dup, flatten, inherit, merge, statement;
   var __hasProp = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty;
   process.mixin(require('./scope'));
   // The abstract base class for all CoffeeScript nodes.
@@ -744,4 +744,13 @@
       return '[' + this.index.compile(o) + ']';
     }
   }));
+  // A this-reference, using '@'.
+  ThisNode = (exports.ThisNode = inherit(Node, {
+    constructor: function constructor(property) {
+      return this.property = property || null;
+    },
+    compile_node: function compile_node(o) {
+      return 'this' + (this.property ? '.' + this.property : '');
+    }
+  }));
 })();

lib/coffee_script/parser.js

@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@
         return new ValueNode($1);
       }), o("Range", function() {
         return new ValueNode($1);
+      }), o("This", function() {
+        return new ValueNode($1);
       }), o("Value Accessor", function() {
         return $1.push($2);
       }), o("Invocation Accessor", function() {
@@ -285,6 +287,13 @@
         return new CallNode('super', $3);
       })
     ],
+    // This references, either naked or to a property.
+    This: [o("@", function() {
+        return new ThisNode();
+      }), o("@ IDENTIFIER", function() {
+        return new ThisNode(yytext);
+      })
+    ],
     // The range literal.
     Range: [o("[ Expression . . Expression ]", function() {
         return new RangeNode($2, $5);

src/nodes.coffee

@@ -473,6 +473,18 @@ IndexNode: exports.IndexNode: inherit Node, {
 }
 
 
+# A this-reference, using '@'.
+ThisNode: exports.ThisNode: inherit Node, {
+
+  constructor: (property) ->
+    @property: property or null
+
+  compile_node: (o) ->
+    'this' + (if @property then '.' + @property else '')
+
+}
+
+
 
 
 

src/parser.coffee

@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ grammar: {
     o "Object",                                 -> new ValueNode($1)
     o "Parenthetical",                          -> new ValueNode($1)
     o "Range",                                  -> new ValueNode($1)
+    o "This",                                   -> new ValueNode($1)
     o "Value Accessor",                         -> $1.push($2)
     o "Invocation Accessor",                    -> new ValueNode($1, [$2])
   ]
@@ -291,6 +292,12 @@ grammar: {
     o "SUPER CALL_START ArgList CALL_END",      -> new CallNode('super', $3)
   ]
 
+  # This references, either naked or to a property.
+  This: [
+    o "@",                                      -> new ThisNode()
+    o "@ IDENTIFIER",                           -> new ThisNode(yytext)
+  ]
+
   # The range literal.
   Range: [
     o "[ Expression . . Expression ]",          -> new RangeNode($2, $5)