Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call?

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From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Andreas Bergmaier wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn schrieb:
>> Andreas Bergmaier wrote:
>>> Another alternative is to use bind() or other functions, to return a
>>> function which calls repeatingStuff with the needed parameters
>>
>> This works in implementations of ECMAScript 5.x or where you have a
>> suitable scripting framework that emulates Function.prototype.bind(), but
>> it is unnecessarily inefficient by comparison.
> 
> Is it? Unnecessarily in this case, yes, but if you have defined
> "repeatingStuff" elsewhere it is imho much more elegant than coding
> 
> var x;
> setInterval( function(){
>     doRepeatingStuffWith(x);
> }, 5000);

That is not even equivalent in the first place.  Clearly you do not 
understand bind().  Please refrain from recommending it until you do.


PointedEars
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  Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-02-11 21:39 +0100
    Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-11 22:06 +0100
      Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-02-11 22:33 +0100
        Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-02-11 23:44 +0100
          Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Andreas Bergmaier <andber93@web.de> - 2012-02-12 03:04 +0100
        Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInterval() call? Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-12 09:22 +0100

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