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new > bind > call/apply > implicit (method call) > default (plain call). Arrow functions are an exception (lexical this).
call, apply, and bind in JavaScript Explained
What is the precedence of this bindings?
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call and apply invoke immediately (call takes comma args, apply takes an array). bind returns a new function with this permanently bound, to be called later.
Use Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments) to borrow slice and convert the array-like arguments to a real array.
No. Arrow functions inherit this lexically. call, apply, and bind cannot change an arrow's this.
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