Hi Rick, I don't understand how this is problematic. jQuery's bind() is a method of jQuery.prototype, not Function.prototype. And it's not like jQuery has never had method names that are the same as native JavaScript method names; slice() comes to mind.
Maybe you're concerned about potential confusion? --Karl ____________ Karl Swedberg www.englishrules.com www.learningjquery.com On Sep 5, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Rick Waldron wrote: > I hate to be the one that brings this up, but I feel it should be > mentioned: Regardless of what your write here, bind() is problematic > in the long run: > > http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/files/drafts/tc39-2009-025.pdf > > Jump to the pdf page 128 (the actual document page # is 114) > > > I've recently been working on an elegant feature detection/argument > type conditional patch for this issue. Ideally the solution i'm > working towards is one that will allow jQuery's current bind() > unbind() to work as it does, but also allow the correct > Function.prototype.bind() usage > > Rick > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Oleg Slobodskoi <oleg...@googlemail.com > > wrote: > > Your way is not shorter as this one, and such case, were you need to > bind a lot of different events with different handler to the same > element, is not very often. In the most cases you want to bind > different events to different elements. If you are binding to the same > element a lot of events you can also do all your actions in one > handler by checking the e.type. > > $("#myID").click( function(e) { > // handle click > }) > . mouseover( function(e) { > // handle mouseover > }) > . mouseout : function(e) { > // handle mouseout > }); > > On Sep 3, 10:37 pm, KeeganWatkins <keeganwatk...@gmail.com> wrote: > > First, this conversation started on the learningjquery.com blog > > (http://www.learningjquery.com/2009/06/shorthand-methods-for- > unbind). > > > > Ideally, I'd like to see the bind and unbind methods accept an > object > > of eventType/handler pairs, such that a single wrapped set could > take > > a hash of bindings in a single call. Something along these lines: > > > > (function($) { > > > > // Keep a copy of the old methods > > $.fn._bind = $.fn.bind; > > $.fn._unbind = $.fn.unbind; > > > > // Redefine $().bind() > > $.fn.bind = function( type, data, fn ) { > > // If only a map of handlers was passed... > > return (arguments.length === 1) ? > > > > this.each(function(key, node) { > > // Iterate over the map... > > $.each(type, function(event, handler) { > > event == "unload" ? > > // ... using $.fn.one() for > "unload" events... > > $(this).one(event, handler) : > > // ... and $.event.add() for others > > jQuery.event.add( this, event, > handler ); > > }); > > }) : > > > > // Otherwise, use the existing implementation as of 1.3.2, > > // with slight syntactic modifications > > this.each(function(key, node) { > > type == "unload" ? > > // Use $.fn.one() for "unload" events... > > $(this).one(type, fn) : > > // ... and $.event.add() for others > > jQuery.event.add( this, type, fn || data, > fn && data ); > > }); > > > > }; > > > > // Redefine $().unbind() > > $.fn.unbind = function(type, fn) { > > // If only a map of handlers was passed... > > return (arguments.length === 1) > > > > this.each(function(){ > > // Iterate over the map... > > $.each(type, function(event, handler) { > > // ... and unbind each using event.remove() > > jQuery.event.remove( this, event, handler ); > > }); > > }) : > > > > // Otherwise, use the existing implementation as of 1.3.2, > > // copied verbatim > > this.each(function(){ > > jQuery.event.remove( this, type, fn ); > > }); > > > > }; > > })(jQuery); > > > > Usage would be as follows: > > $("#myID").bind({ > > click : function(e) { > > // handle click > > }, > > mouseover : function(e) { > > // handle mouseover > > }, > > mouseout : function(e) { > > // handle mouseout > > } > > > > }); > > > > Or, with named functions (ideal for later use of $().unbind()): > > $("#myID").bind({ > > click : clickHandler, > > mouseover : mouseoverHandler, > > mouseout : mouseoutHandler > > > > }); > > > > function clickHandler(e) { > > // handle click > > > > } > > > > function mouseoverHandler(e) { > > // handle mouseover > > > > } > > > > function mouseoutHandler(e) { > > // handle mouseout > > > > } > > > > With named function references, unbinding multiple events would be > > simple: > > $("#myID").unbind({ > > click : clickHandler, > > mouseover : mouseoverHandler, > > mouseout : mouseoutHandler > > > > }); > > > > I realize there are some potential issues, such as the ability to > pass > > custom data to $().bind() is lost when an object of event/handler > > pairs is passed. I personally don't usually use it anyhow, and > binding > > events individually will still support custom data (as the > > implementation is the same). > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "jQuery Development" group. To post to this group, send email to jquery-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to jquery-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
