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Determine calling function in javascript

Suppose I have a function in javascript, and I want to know who is the caller. Is this possible without using a global variables/parameters approach?

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To be compatible with a wide selection of browsers, you need something like:

if (typeof arguments.caller == 'function') { return arguments.caller; } else if (typeof arguments.callee == 'function' && typeof arguments.callee.caller == 'function') { return arguments.callee.caller; } else { // called from global scope, in strict mode or browser doesn't support // either of the above access methods }

Note that accessing arguments.callee or caller will throw an exception in ES5 strict mode, the above may avoid that but I can't test it right now.

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