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Created May 28, 2012 12:06
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Example of "this" within event listeners
// create EventEmitter instance
var myEventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
// attach a property
myEventEmitter.someVar = "some var";
// add event listener for "test"
myEventEmitter.on('test', function ()
console.log(this.someVar);
});
// will output "some var"
myEventEmitter.emit('test');
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