Replace arguments.callee inside of new Function

Question

Some string is converted into function by new Function(...) call.

How can I get referent to this function inside of the string without using arguments.callee ?

var f = new Function('return arguments.callee.smth');
f.smth = 128;
f(); // 128

Answer 1

The only way to do such thing is to use closure.

For example:

var f = (function () {
  var f = new Function('return this().smth').bind(function () { return f });
  return f;
})();

f.smth = 128;
f();

Or so:

var f = (function (g) {
  return function f() {
    return g.apply(f, arguments)
  };
})(new Function('return this.smth'));

f.smth = 128;
f();

Anyway, seems like arguments.callee works inside constructed function regardless strict mode.

Additional links about the topic:

• https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions/arguments/callee

  A use of arguments.callee with no good alternative

  However, in a case like the following, there are not alternatives to arguments.callee , so its deprecation could be a bug (see bug 725398 )

• https://bugs.ecmascript.org/show_bug.cgi?id=263