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This sort of thing happens a lot when people learn jQuery but not Javascript. This fascinating "jQuery feature" is just a wrapper for JavaScript's built-in func

• udp 15y ago
  Or rather, it returns a new function that wraps call/apply with a "baked in" value of 'this', so that it can be passed as a callback and retain the correct 'this'. That's a bit different than just being a wrapper for them - it's shorthand for using something like "var that = this" and a closure. When we start seeing people using (jQuery.proxy(xxx)()) - then they've learned too much jQuery and not enough Javascript :-)
  • andos 15y ago
    Exactly. It's a Function.bind clone: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/bind https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global... Unfortunately, bind is a 5th edition feature, not widely available.