substitutes for arguments and arguments.callee in ECMAScript 5

[Allen Wirfs-Brock]

The ultimate replacement for the arguments object is expected to be rest parameters and the spread operator: http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:rest_parameters and http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:spread

On Jan 5, 2011, at 11:30 AM, Felipe Gasper wrote:

> Am I to understand now that ECMASCript 5 will now have me type in:
> 
> ----
> var func;
> a_dialog.hideEvent.subscribe( func = function() {
>    this.hideEvent.unsubscribe( func );
>    console.log("This will only happen once.");
> } );

No, what you should type is:

a_dialog.hideEvent.subscribe(  function func() {
   this.hideEvent.unsubscribe( func );
   console.log("This will only happen once.");
} );
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