[locci]

bind was introduced in ES5 (and previously in most libraries) to fix this

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Referenc...

[huskyr]

And trivially easy to shim for older browsers. I would really recommend using Function.prototype.bind instead of the 'var self = this' or library bind functions (such as $.proxy), it's just the way it should be written :)

[jessaustin]

To confirm my understanding, would the erroneous line from the comment above be rewritten like:

    button.onclick = obj.func.bind(obj);

So un-DRY! It's almost admirable, how blatant a hack this is.