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Function currying in JavaScript with blank variable support.
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Function.prototype.__ = {}; | |
Function.prototype.curry = function () { | |
var fn = this, | |
args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0); | |
while(args.length < fn.length) { | |
args.push(Function.prototype.__); | |
} | |
var supplied = args.filter(function(v) { | |
return Function.prototype.__ !== v; | |
}); | |
if (supplied.length === fn.length) { | |
return fn.apply(this, supplied); | |
} | |
return function () { | |
var anonArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 0); | |
var newArgs = args.map(function(a) { | |
return (a === Function.prototype.__ && anonArgs.length > 0) ? anonArgs.shift() : a; | |
}); | |
return Function.prototype.curry.apply(fn, newArgs); | |
}; | |
}; | |
/** Meanwhile in user-land... **/ | |
var __ = Function.prototype.__; | |
var argsInspect = function (a, b, c, d) { | |
console.log([a, b, c, d]); | |
} | |
var a = argsInspect.curry(__, 2, __, 4); | |
a(1)(3); // [1, 2, 3, 4] |
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