On: Finally someone makes sense of JavaScript's this keyword

[jrockway]

Aha! I also do "var self = this;" but feel really bad about it, like I'm missing something obvious about the language. I guess I'm not.

[msy → jrockway]

You're not alone, every time I do this I feel like I'm going wrong somewhere. I know it's avoidable via binding/currying/proxying but often those solutions end up looking uglier and are harder to follow.