Why was the arguments.callee.caller property deprecated in JavaScript?

Question

Why was the arguments.callee.caller property deprecated in JavaScript?

It was added and then deprecated in JavaScript, but it was omitted altogether by

Answer 1

It is better to use named functions than arguments.callee:

 function foo () {
     ... foo() ...
 }

is better than

 function () {
     ... arguments.callee() ...
 }

The named function will have access to its caller through the caller property:

 function foo () {
     alert(foo.caller);
 }

which is better than

 function foo () {
     alert(arguments.callee.caller);
 }

The deprecation is due to current ECMAScript design principles.