AS3 - calling get/set functions within a class

programming flash
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ActionScript 3.0, Flash 9 Public Alpha

I’m making use of custom get & set functions within my class. For example:

public function set myProperty( newValue:Number ):void
{
// do custom stuff
_myProperty = newValue;
}

these work beautifully when I call myObjectName.myProperty = 10; from outside my class. However, what if I want to execute this function from within my class without cutting and pasting all of the code redundantly into another internal function? I tried this.myProperty = 10, but it didn’t work (it properly changed the value, it just doesn’t execute the set function).

Thanks!
~JC