I read the polyfill about Function.prototype.bind() in [Mozilla] (https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/bind#Polyfill).
Below is the code:
if (!Function.prototype.bind) {
Function.prototype.bind = function(oThis) {
if (typeof this !== 'function') {
// closest thing possible to the ECMAScript 5
// internal IsCallable function
throw new TypeError('Function.prototype.bind - what is trying to be bound is not callable');
}
var aArgs = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1),
fToBind = this,
fNOP = function() {},
fBound = function() {
return fToBind.apply(this instanceof fNOP
? this
: oThis,
aArgs.concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)));
};
if (this.prototype) {
// native functions don't have a prototype
fNOP.prototype = this.prototype;
}
fBound.prototype = new fNOP();
return fBound;
};
}
I can't understand why should we use this instanceof fNOP? this :othis
because after executing fBound.prototype = new fNOP();
it must be true.