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          May 21, 2012 23:53 
        
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    Bind generic values to make specialized versions of a function
  
        
  
    
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  | var myCoolFunc, getContext; | |
| getContext = function () { | |
| return "specific context"; | |
| }; | |
| // generic function | |
| myCoolFunc = function (param1, context) { | |
| console.log(param1 + ' ' + context) | |
| }; | |
| // use a generic form of the function | |
| myCoolFunc('which context?', 'generic'); | |
| // bind the function to some specific context | |
| myCoolFunc = (function() { | |
| var specificContext, genericCoolFunc; | |
| specificContext = getContext(); | |
| genericCoolFunc = myCoolFunc; | |
| return function (param1) { | |
| return genericCoolFunc(param1, specificContext); | |
| }; | |
| }()); | |
| // use a specific form of the function | |
| myCoolFunc('which context?'); | 
  
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