Node.js problem getting event emitters to use named functions with arguments

node-events-emitters-named-listeners.js

/**
 * The way I can currently get event emitters working.
 * Look at the `.on` handler.
 *
 * Why do I have to wrap the listener function `executeSomeWork` in an
 * anonymous function when I want to pass an argument from the emitter?
 */

function executeSomeWork(stuff) {
  console.log(stuff);
}

event.emit('doSomeWork', 'print this to the console');

event.on('doSomeWork', function(stuff) {
  executeSomeWork(stuff);
});


/**
 * The way I want to handle event emitters.
 *
 * When the `listener` tries to run the `executeSomeWork` function on `line 33`, I get an 
 * error saying that `stuff` is not defined.
 */

function executeSomeWork(stuff) {
  console.log(stuff);
}

event.emit('doSomeWork', 'print this to the console');

event.on('doSomeWork', executeSomeWork(stuff));

node:event emitters with named functions

/**
 * The way I can currently get event emitters working.
 * Look at the `.on` handler.
 *
 * Why do I have to wrap the listener function `executeSomeWork` in an
 * anonymous function when I want to pass an argument from the emitter?
 */

function executeSomeWork(stuff) {
  console.log(stuff);
}

event.emit('doSomeWork', 'print this to the console');

event.on('doSomeWork', function(stuff) {
  executeSomeWork(stuff);
});


/**
 * The way I want to handle event emitters.
 *
 * When the `listener` tries to run the `executeSomeWork` function on `line 33`, I get an 
 * error will say that `stuff` is not defined.
 */

function executeSomeWork(stuff) {
  console.log(stuff);
}

event.emit('doSomeWork', 'print this to the console');

event.on('doSomeWork', executeSomeWork(stuff));