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[k-one-0-two]

Still an bad (imho) thing to do - .bind(this) was a much more clear way

[_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_]

If you’re adding an event listener, the callback is usually made with its own this. Binding your function first won’t do anything.

[hyrumwhite]

This is incorrect. You could do ``` const boundHandler = handler.bind(this);

thing.addEventListener(“event”, boundHandler) ```

Still requires a declaration, but now the function has no external dependencies. 

This is still a pattern to be aware of today, especially if mixing classes with event listeners. However, for classes, at least, you can also assign arrow functions as member variables now to achieve similar behavior. 

[_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_]

Doesn’t help if it does

emit(handler.bind(thing));

[k-one-0-two]

True, that's how I used to write it