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Discussion on: Suggestions for using `...arguments` while working with functions in javascript.

 
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Gokul Kathirvel

yeah, but in a component model, when handling functions, it becomes black box

passToAnotherFunc() {
  handleItSomewhere(...arguments);
}

now, I completely unaware of the argument list!

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Meghan (she/her)

the value of arguments here is the value of the arguments passed to passToAnotherFunc. See the deprecated arguments object

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Ant The Developer

Wait, the arguments isn't deprecated, it's only arguments.caller property that's non-standard and deprecated.

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Shalvah • Edited

Combining Meghan's two earlier responses, a better way would be:

passToAnotherFunc(...args) {
  handleItSomewhere(...args);
}

But I feel it's unlikely you'd need to write this kind of code. Could you give a real-world example?

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Meghan (she/her)

@antjanus it's not deprecated per-se but it is disabled in strict and module mode.

@shalvah +1 because instead of calling passToAnotherFunc to call handleItSomewhere, why not just call handleItSomewhere?

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Ant The Developer

I had no idea it was disabled in strict/module mode!