Coffee - adventure with private method binding

thing.coffee

class Thang

class Thing extends Thang

  # isPrivate must exist above use in initialize
  isPrivate = ->
    return @things

  initialize: ->
    @things = true

    # CS will assume local var if isPrivate is declared below this fn
    isPrivate = isPrivate.bind(this) # werks

    isAlsoPrivate = isAlsoPrivate.bind(this) # does not work, isAlsoPrivate undefined

    isAlsoAlsoPrivate() # method would exist if reachable

  isAlsoPrivate = ->
    @things

  isAlsoAlsoPrivate = ->
    @things

  stuff: ->
    isPrivate()

x = new Thing
x.initialize()
alert x.stuff()