does jquery have an equivalent of dojo.hitch()?
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Solution
I know this has been answered, but not correctly. `jQuery.proxy` is what you are looking for I believe.
UPDATE
Many, many years later after lots of JavaScript work, and after stripping out my usage of jQuery since browser compatibility has become less of an issue, I would recommend using `Function.prototype.bind` over `jQuery.proxy`, as @bobince suggested. While this is still the correct answer to the original question, I feel obligated to direct people to a vanilla solution rather than relying on jQuery.
Problem
Forgive my ignorance as I am not as familiar with jquery. Is there an equivalent to dojo.hitch()? It returns a function that is guaranteed to be executed in the given scope. -- edit -- As requested, here is an example. I use hitch very frequently to ensure callbacks are executed within the right object. For example, let's say I have a utility method called `doSomethingAsync` and I pass it a callback function. With hitch, I can make sure the function is executed within a particular scope even if the utility method performs ajax calls and so forth: ``` expectedScopeObj = { flag: true, callback: function(){console.debug(this.flag);}, main: function() { // without hitch the callback function would not find flag core.util.doSomethingAsync(dojo.hitch(this, this.callback)); } } ``` Without hitch, the callback function could possibly be executed in a different scope and an error would be thrown with `this.flag` being undefined. However, with hitch it is guaranteed to be executed within `execptedScopeObj`.