Add properties to function while in function with out specifying function ?

[Richard A. DeVenezia]

I can add a property to a function while in the function

function foo () {
foo.X=1;
}
alert (foo.X) // undef
foo()
alert (foo.X) //1

or

function foo (name,value) {
foo [name] = value
}
foo ('A',1)
alert (foo.A) // 1

how would I add a property to currently running function without naming the
function ?

self doesn't work
function foo (name,value) {
self [name] = value
}
foo ('A',1)
alert (foo.A)
alert (self['A'])



function foo ( name, value ) {
**something** [name] = value
}
foo ('X',9)
alert (foo.X) // want 9

What would **something** be ?

 

[Janwillem Borleffs]

function foo ( name, value ) {
**something** [name] = value
}
foo ('X',9)
alert (foo.X) // want 9

What would **something** be ?

function foo ( name, value ) {
foo[name] = value
}


JW

 

[Douglas Crockford]

I can add a property to a function while in the function

function foo() {
foo.X = 1;
}

Ideally yes, but IE has a bug which frustrates that pattern, requiring instead

foo = function () {
foo.X = 1;
};

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/remedial.html

 

[Richard A. DeVenezia]

function foo ( name, value ) {
**something** [name] = value
}
foo ('X',9)
alert (foo.X) // want 9

What would **something** be ?

function foo ( name, value ) {
foo[name] = value
}


JW

I found what I was looking for.

function foo (name,value) {
var callee = arguments.callee
callee[name] = value
}
foo ('X', 9)
alert (foo.X)

presumed to be the same as

function foo ( name, value ) {
foo[name] = value
}

but not needing to know the function name at source writing time.

 

[Lasse Reichstein Nielsen]

Ideally yes, but IE has a bug which frustrates that pattern,
requiring instead

Which version of IE is that, and what is the bug?
It would sound like it prevents function declarations from declaring
recursive functions.

/L