What’s the purpose of using Function.call.apply in JavaScript?

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No, Function.call.apply and Function.apply are not the same in this case.

Let’s say the original caller invokes

Foo.method(t, x, y, z)

With call and apply together, as in the JavaScript Garden code. This executes

Function.call.apply(Foo.prototype.method, arguments);

which is (loosely, writing arguments in array-notation):

Function.call.apply(Foo.prototype.method, [t, x, y, z]);

which invokes Function.call with this==Foo.prototype.method:

Foo.prototype.method.call(t, x, y, z)

which calls Foo.prototype.method with this set to t and arguments x, y, and z. Sweet. Just like in the comments. We have successfully made a wrapper.

Now suppose you left said just Function.apply instead of Function.call.apply, which you claim is semantically equivalent. You would have

Function.apply(Foo.prototype.method, arguments);

which is (loosely)

Function.apply(Foo.prototype.method, [t, x, y, z]);

which calls the function Function (ugh!) with this set to Foo.prototype.method and arguments t, x, y, and z.

Not the same at all.

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