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

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn schrieb:
> 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.

I do, and I never said it was to be equivalent. Of course bind() needs a 
context to set, dereferences x, and builds a new function. That even 
could be useful (I'm not sure what the OP needs), so why shouldn't I 
mention it as an alternative?

  Bergi

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Simple parameter passing within a setInternal() call? Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-11 20:04 +0100
  Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInterval() call? Tuxedo <tuxedo@mailinator.com> - 2012-02-11 20:39 +0100
    Re: Simple parameter passing within a setInterval() call? Dr J R Stockton <reply1206@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2012-02-12 22:02 +0000
  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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