cfml

is `self` a keyword or scope or otherwise magic identifier?

not natively but a framework may have implemented it

i see the editor turning it blue as though it were something special is the reason I ask, maybe its just a quirk

do you have python or one of the many languages that do use it installed

ah could be cross contamination, i think vscode keeps them separated by language IDs but it can go on the list of possibles

My guess would probably be native JS color coding causing it

I see what you see but, like Dave said, it's not a reserved word or scope in cfml.

makes sense I think CFML is an extension of HTML in most of the extensions