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copied!<p>No, you can't. That's just the way to do it. Btw, you can easily <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Function/bind#Compatibility" rel="nofollow">shim the <code>bind</code> method</a> so that it is available in older browsers, too.</p> <p>An alternative would be to move the closure into the prototype method, if you know that you always will need to bind the actual function:</p> <pre><code>TestObj.prototype.getCallMeLaterTestObj = function () { var that = this; return function() { console.log('I am ' + that.constructor.name + ' my value is ' + that._value); }; }; setTimeout(v.getCallMeLaterTestObj(), 10); </code></pre> <p>Btw, your prototype has no <code>constructor</code> property so the log will not work as expected.</p> <p>Your only chance is to avoid the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/this" rel="nofollow"><code>this</code> keyword</a> entirely:</p> <pre><code>TestObj = function() { var privateVar = false; // these are private static function TestObj(value) { function giveMe() { return value; } function callMeLaterTestObj() { console.log('I am TestObj my value is ' + giveMe()); } this._value = value; this.giveMe = giveMe; this.callMeLaterTestObj = callMeLaterTestObj; /* you could do this as well: return { _value: value, giveMe: giveMe, callMeLaterTestObj: callMeLaterTestObj }; */ } return TestObj; })(); var v = new TestObj; setTimeout(v.callMeLater, 10); </code></pre> <p>But this is not very memory-efficient, as it does not use prototypical inheritance at all.</p>

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