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The call-bound npm package is a utility that allows you to get a bound function for a method of an object, ensuring that the method is called with the correct 'this' context. This is particularly useful for methods that are often used in a standalone manner, such as array or string methods.
Binding a method to its object
This feature allows you to bind a method to its object, ensuring that the method is always called with the correct 'this' context. In this example, Array.prototype.slice is bound to an array, allowing it to be used as a standalone function.
const callBound = require('call-bound');
const arraySlice = callBound('Array.prototype.slice');
const result = arraySlice([1, 2, 3, 4], 1, 3); // [2, 3]
The function-bind package provides a polyfill for Function.prototype.bind, which is a native JavaScript method that allows you to create a new function with a specific 'this' value. While call-bound focuses on binding methods to their objects, function-bind is more general-purpose, allowing any function to be bound to a specific context.
Lodash is a utility library that provides a wide range of functions for manipulating arrays, objects, and other data types. It includes a _.bind method that is similar to call-bound in that it allows you to bind a function to a specific context. However, lodash offers a much broader set of utilities beyond just function binding.
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Robust call-bound JavaScript intrinsics, using `call-bind` and `get-intrinsic`.
The npm package call-bound receives a total of 13,095,204 weekly downloads. As such, call-bound popularity was classified as popular.
We found that call-bound demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 0 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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