Kinda exactly the reason I don't use this. Context dependent behaviour is a nightmare I can do without. A functional style of JavaScript is able to avoid it.
I'm sure you already know this, but it's worth saying for any beginners that stumble upon this article.
It's easy to avoid issues with "this" by mandating arrow functions be used either to wrap the required function or just define the functions as arrow functions originally.
Or use bind()
With arrow functions and bind there's not much need to do the old
self = this
solution.
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Kinda exactly the reason I don't use
this. Context dependent behaviour is a nightmare I can do without. A functional style of JavaScript is able to avoid it.I'm sure you already know this, but it's worth saying for any beginners that stumble upon this article.
It's easy to avoid issues with "this" by mandating arrow functions be used either to wrap the required function or just define the functions as arrow functions originally.
Or use bind()
With arrow functions and bind there's not much need to do the old
self = thissolution.