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arguments.calleeLimited availability

The callee property of the arguments variable in a non-strict function body's local scope is the function that arguments belongs to.

Not yet supported in all major browsers — check the table and provide a fallback.

Discouraged: JavaScript strict mode prohibits accessing arguments.callee.

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Browser support

DesktopChrome
1+Supportedsince Dec 11, 2008
Current: 155
Edge
12+Supportedsince Jul 29, 2015
Current: 154
Firefox
1+Supportedsince Nov 9, 2004
Current: 157
Safari
1+Supportedsince Jun 23, 2003
Current: 27
MobileChrome Android
18+Supportedsince Jun 27, 2012
Current: 155
Firefox Android
4+Supportedsince Mar 29, 2011
Current: 157
Safari iOS
1+Supportedsince Jun 29, 2007
Current: 27

How to use

Support is still inconsistent across browsers. Use feature detection and test carefully.

Example

Full syntax and examples are on MDN: callee.

Feature detection

JS · check before using
// Syntax can't be tested with an if-statement — an unsupported
// browser fails to parse the whole script. Either transpile for older
// targets (e.g. Babel/TypeScript/esbuild), or probe in isolation:
let supported = true;
try {
  new Function("/* code that uses the syntax */");
} catch {
  supported = false;
}

This is a language syntax feature.

Documentation (MDN)

Specification