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Leonard Shi
Leonard Shi

Reputation: 35

Is there a way to access the function's pre-bind values?

Like this:

const a = (arg0, arg1, arg2) => {
  console.log(arg0);
};
const b = a.bind(null, 1, 2, 3)

Now suppose I only have b, is it possible to get the pre-bind value list of a? I mean the value 1, 2, 3

If it is possible, how?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 789

Answers (1)

synthet1c
synthet1c

Reputation: 6282

If you write your own bind function you can attach new properties to it, A function can have properties added to it like any other object.

function bind(fn, thisArg, ...boundArgs) {
  const func = function(...args) {
    return fn.call(thisArg, ...boundArgs, ...args)
  }
  // you can hide the properties from public view using 
  // defineProperties, unfortunately they are still public
  Object.defineProperties(func, {
    __boundArgs: { value: boundArgs },
    __thisArg: { value: thisArg },
    __boundFunction: { value: fn }
  })
  return func
}

const a = (a, b, c) => console.log(a, b, c)

const b = bind(a, null, 1, 2, 3)

b()

console.log(b.__boundArgs)
console.log(b.__thisArgs)
console.log(b.__boundFunction)
<script src="http://codepen.io/synthet1c/pen/WrQapG.js"></script>

The first argument to Function.prototype.bind is the this arg.

To answer the question, if you are using chrome you can access the info in the property [[BoundArgs]] on the bound function. run the code and Check your console

const a = (arg0, arg1, arg2) => {
  console.log(arg0, arg1, arg2);
};
const b = a.bind(null, 1, 2, 3)
b()
console.dir(b)

Upvotes: 2

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