I've been thinking a lot about the proposed arrows and its affect on `this`.
To start, I'm a worried that `call` and `apply` don't "work" on arrow function. This is of course the correct behavior for jQuery-like use-cases, but the proposed semantics interfere with more intentional uses of `call` and `apply`. I'd like to propose the following: * `call` and `apply` modify `this` in an arrow function * `softCall` and `softApply` do not modify `this` in arrow functions, but do modify `this` in regular functions This would allow libraries like jQuery to continue providing advisory `this` bindings without interfering with intentional modifications to the `this` binding. (jQuery could do `softCall = Function.prototype.softCall || Function.prototype.call` to quickly "polyfill"). I'm not sure if this makes sense, but something about breaking `call` and `apply` doesn't sit right with me. Thoughs? Yehuda Katz (ph) 718.877.1325
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