I\'ve been experimenting with ES6 for a while now, and I\'ve just come to a slight problem.
I really like using arrow functions, and whenever I can, I use them.
However, it would appear that you can\'t bind them!
Here is the function:
var f = () => console.log(this);
Here is the object I want to bind the function to:
var o = {\'a\': 42};
And here is how I would bind f
to o
:
var fBound = f.bind(o);
And then I can just call fBound
:
fBound();
Which will output this (the o
object):
{\'a\': 42}
Cool! Lovely! Except that it doesn\'t work. Instead of outputting the o
object, it outputs the window
object.
So I\'d like to know: can you bind arrow functions? (And if so, how?)
I\'ve tested the code above in Google Chrome 48 and Firefox 43, and the result is the same.
You cannot \"rebind\" an arrow function. It will always be called with the context in which it was defined. Just use a normal function.
From the ECMAScript 2015 Spec:
Any reference to arguments, super, this, or new.target within an ArrowFunction must resolve to a binding in a lexically enclosing environment. Typically this will be the Function Environment of an immediately enclosing function.
To be complete, you can re-bind arrow functions, you just can\'t change the meaning of this
.
bind
still has value for function arguments:
((a, b, c) => {
console.info(a, b, c) // 1, 2, 3
}).bind(undefined, 1, 2, 3)()
Try it here:
http://jsbin.com/motihanopi/edit?js,console
From the MDN:
An arrow function expression has a shorter syntax compared to function expressions and lexically binds the this value (does not bind its own this, arguments, super, or new.target). Arrow functions are always anonymous.
This means you cannot bind a value to it like you want.
For years, js developers struggled with context binding, asked why this
changed in javascript, so much confusion over the years due to context binding and the difference between the meaning of this
in javascript and this
in most of the other OOP languages.
All this leads me to ask, why, why! why would you wan\'t to rebind an arrow function! Those where created specially to solve all this issues and confusions and avoid having to use bind
or call
or whatever other way to preserve the scope of the function.
TL;DR
No, you cannot rebind arrow functions.
I asked the same question a couple days ago.
You cannot bind a value since the this
is already binded.
Binding different this scope to ES6 => function operator
Do ES6 Arrow Functions Really Solve “this” In JavaScript
The above link explains that arrow functions this
doesn\'t change with bind, call, apply
functions.
It is explained with a very nice example.
run this in node v4
to see the \"expected\" behavior,
this.test = \"attached to the module\";
var foo = { test: \"attached to an object\" };
foo.method = function(name, cb){
// bind the value of \"this\" on the method
// to try and force it to be what you want
this[name] = cb.bind(this); };
foo.method(\"bar\", () => { console.log(this.test); });
foo.bar();
Maybe this example help to you :
let bob = {
_name: \"Bob\",
_friends: [\"stackoverflow\"],
printFriends:(x)=> {
x._friends.forEach((f)=> {
console.log(x._name + \" knows \" + f);
});
}
}
bob.printFriends = (bob.printFriends).bind(null,bob);
bob.printFriends();