IIRC, the block lambda proposal covers this (pun might be intended)
window.foo = function() {
console.log("hi!");
};
window.addEventListener('load', {||
this.foo(); // "hi!"
}, false);
http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:block_lambda_revival#semantics
Rick
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 1:54 PM, John J Barton
<[email protected]>wrote:
> Sorry if this has been suggested before....
>
> I've stopped using the 'self=this' trick:
> ...
> var self = this;
> window.addEventListener('load', function(event) {
> self.foo();
> }, false);
>
> in favor of bind():
> ...
> window.addEventListener('load', function(event) {
> this.foo();
> }.bind(this), false);
>
> It's fine, but I wonder if such code would be clearer if we could write:
> ...
> window.addEventListener('load', this.function(event) {
> this.foo();
> }, false);
>
> To me at least this more closely expresses my intent: I want an anonymous
> method of 'this' object, not an anonymous function.
>
> jjb
>
>
>
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