Strict mode alternatives to this instanceof arguments.callee

Question

There\'s an old trick (that I learned on SO) to catch calling a constructor as a function, i.e. forgetting the new keyword. The following, or something like, it goe

Answer 1

arguments.callee itself is deprecated in favor of named function expressions. Although I don't necessarily agree with this move, it is how things have progressed. As such, replacing arguments.callee with the function name is the only way in strict mode, and is also the preferred way in non-strict mode.