How to handle lack of JavaScript Object.bind() method in IE 8

Question

I am writing a bit of JavaScript that uses the Object.bind method.

funcabc = function(x, y, z){ 
    this.myx = x;
    this.playUB = function(w)         


        

Answer 1

Function.prototype.bind isn’t supported in Internet Explorer 8 and below. Compatibility chart here: http://kangax.github.io/es5-compat-table/

Mozilla Developer Network provide this alternative for older browsers that don't implemented .bind() natively:

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 && oThis
                                 ? this
                                 : oThis,
                               aArgs.concat(Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments)));
        };

    fNOP.prototype = this.prototype;
    fBound.prototype = new fNOP();

    return fBound;
  };
}