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Naming an anonymous function

Is it possible to somehow set a name for anonymous functions?

There is no need to add function names to the namespace for anonymous functions but I would like to avoid seeing a large amount of (?) in my javascript debugger so I can keep the call stack trace informative.

Also can I safely pass normal declared functions as arguments instead of anonymous functions or will I walk into some strange errors. It seems to work.

$("object").bind("click", function() { alert("x"); });

$("object").bind("click", function debuggingName() { alert("x"); });

[Edit]

I meant something along the likes of

$("object").bind("click", function() { Function.Name = "debuggingName"; alert("x"); });
Solution

  • Your second example is using a named function expression, which works fine in most browsers but has some problems in IE that you should be aware of before using it. I recommend reading kangax's excellent article on this subject.