So I get that an array of [200,599] is returned from the promise and the callback function inside spread is being passed into Function.apply.bind, but now I'm lost. How is the array of [200,599] split into x and y? How exactly does the apply.bind work?
function getY(x) {
return new Promise( function(resolve,reject){
setTimeout( function(){
resolve( (3 * x) - 1 );
}, 100 );
} );
}
function foo(bar,baz) {
var x = bar * baz;
// return both promises
return [
Promise.resolve( x ),
getY( x )
];
}
function spread(fn) {
return Function.apply.bind( fn, null );
}
Promise.all(
foo( 10, 20 )
)
.then(
spread( function(x,y){
console.log( x, y ); // 200 599
} )
)
.apply()
is a method on function objects. Like so:
console.log(Math.max.apply(null, [1, 2, 3])); // 3
.apply()
accepts two arguments, the context (what would become this
inside of the target function) and an iterable of arguments (usually an array, but the arguments
array like also works).
.bind()
is a method on function objects. Like so:
const x = {
foo: function() {
console.log(this.x);
},
x: 42
}
var myFoo = x.foo.bind({x: 5});
x.foo(); // 42
myFoo(); // 5
.bind()
takes a context (what would become this
), and optionally, additional arguments, and returns a new function, with the context bound, and the additional arguments locked
Since .apply()
is a function in on itself, it can be bound with .bind()
, like so:
Function.prototype.apply.bind(fn, null);
Meaning that the this
of .apply()
would be fn
and the first argument to .apply()
would be null
. Meaning that it would look like this:
fn.apply(null, args)
Which would spread the parameters from an array.
Spread takes a function and binds the apply
method to, partially applying the null
argument. So in short,
spread(fn)
is transformed to
args => fn.apply(null, args)
which is the same as using the ES6 spread syntax
args => fn(...args)
where the function got its name from.
If you want the long answer, remember what bind
does:
method.bind(context, ...args1)
returns a function that works like
(...args2) => method.call(context, ...args1, ...args2)
In our case, method
is apply
, the context
is fn
and the first arguments are null
, so the call
Function.apply.bind( fn, null )
will create a function that works like
(...args2) => (Function.apply).call(fn, null, ...args2)
which is equivalent to the fn.apply(…)
call above, given that apply
is the method inherited from Function.prototype
in both accesses.
The spread function is just a utility function to convert an array, into parameters passed to a function. The apply is doing the converting, and the bind is binding it to the calling function so that the "this" context is connected to same function.
To see how spread is working in a simpler form ->
spread(function (x,y){console.log(x,y);})([1,2])
You will get the answer, 1 2, as 1 is passed to x, and 2 is passed to y.
So in your example your promise.all is returning an array of resolved promises.
These are then getting mapped to parameters to your function(x,y).