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A method to inject a named variable into the scope of a function.

~ proxyScope1( vars, fn ) ~

Augments the local scope by creating a series of var statements in a closure, which is returned as a new Function.

~ proxyScope2( fn ) ~

Augments the local scope by returning a new Function that executes the function inside a with statement (must be executed with apply to create the context). Original from Ben Nadel: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1929-Using-The-WITH-Keyword-With-Javascript-s-Function-Constructor.htm

Preparation code

<script>
  function generic() {
      // console.log('a =', a);
  };
  
  function proxyScope1( vars, fn ) {
      
      var name,
          tmplClosure,
          augVars = '';
          
      for ( name in vars ) 
          augVars += 'var ' + name + ' = ' + ( typeof vars[ name ] == 'string' ? '"' + vars[ name ] + '"' : vars[ name ]) + ';';
              
      tmplClosure = 'return ( function() { ' + augVars + '; return ' + fn + ' } )();';
      
      return ( Function( tmplClosure ) )();
      
  };
  
  function proxyScope2( fn ) {
      
      var newFn = 'with ( this ) return ' + fn + '()';
      
      return ( Function( newFn ) );
      
  };
</script>

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proxyScope1( { a: 'test' }, generic )();

proxyScope2( generic ).apply( { a: 'test' } );

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Revisions

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• Revision 1: published by Ryan Fitzer on 11th July 2011
• Revision 4: published on 7th November 2012

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