On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 1:16 AM, Garrett Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Erik Arvidsson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:41, Garrett Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> 2008/9/18 Mark S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>
>>
>> There is really no point in exposing the two different cases in a
>> spec. A spec should describe the semantics, not the implementation.
>>
>
> OK.
>
> Another version:
> ================================================
> Function.prototype.bind( context, [ preArg1 [, preArg1 [,...]]])
>
> 1. if this object does not have a [[Call]] property, throw a
> TypeError
> 2. let FUN = this
> 3. let PREARGS = a copy of the argument list provided by the caller,
> starting from position 1.
> 4. Call [[Get]] method of PREARGS with argument "length".
> 5. let RETFUN = a new Function object.
> 6. let POSTARGS = a copy of FUN's argument list, starting from
> position Result(4).
> 7. Set RETFUN's FormalParameterList to POSTARGS.
> 8. let SCOPE = a new Object.
> 9. For each property in PREARGS, create a Property on SCOPE with a
> corresponding name and value.
> 10. Set RETFUN's scope chain to SCOPE
> 11. Set the Base object for RETFUN to context.
<ins>
12. set RETFUN's FunctionBody to an equivalent of FUN's FunctionBody.
13. Return RETFUN.
</ins>
>
> The length property of the bind method is 1.
> ================================================
>
> Shorter. A little easier to read in that it has no branch.
>
> What about step 11?
> 11. Set the Base object for RETFUN to context.
>
> The problem I see with that is that given:
>
> var n = f.bind(o);
> n.call(p);
>
> n.call will set the execution context to p. That seems wrong. n should
> always execute in context of o. Shouldn't it?
>
> Interesting Side effect: The returned function's length is FUN.length
> - PREARGS.length;
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Garrett
>
>>> ================================================
>>>
>>> ?
>>>
>>> Garrett
>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> --MarkM
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>> --
>> erik
>>
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