Feature Request: pass this through bound actionCreator

[Parakleta]

Is there any chance of changing bindActionCreator from:

function bindActionCreator(actionCreator, dispatch) {
  return (...args) => dispatch(actionCreator(...args))
}

to:

function bindActionCreator(actionCreator, dispatch) {
  return function() { return dispatch(actionCreator.apply(this, arguments)); };
}

The existing behaviour explicitly sets this to undefined so this shouldn't be a breaking change.

I have some mixins/decorators that I apply to action creators by composition such that the arguments don't change but I can adjust settings in the enhancer by passing an object through this. If I use some of the convenience functions like connect I lose the ability to pass through these objects.

[timdorr]

Can you put this together as a PR with some tests to go along with it?

[markerikson]

I'd also like to see some examples of the actual use case for the behavior. I'm not sure if passing through this is something we really want to encourage.

[Parakleta]

I’m sure it isn’t something you want to encourage, but then is it the place of redux to police code quality or rather should it provide a shining example of what can be achieved and then get out of the way. As troubled as it is and as often as it blows up for people, this is a valid part of the call mechanism in javascript and redux shouldn’t just swallow it.

[Parakleta]

@timdorr I haven’t any experience with your testing framework, but I’ll see if I can find some time tomorrow to set it up. Sans tests the PR is one line.