console.log method extraction from console

Question

Considering that console wasn't overriden and refers to native object, console.log method (and possibly others) is extracted from console object with

var log = obj.log = console.log;
// instead of console.log.bind(console)
log(...);
obj.log(...);

Is it 100% safe in terms of browser and Node compatibility?

A significant amount of JS examples (maybe too illustrative) with bound console.log suggests that it may be not.

Answer 1

Browsers differ in their console implementations, it appears that WebKit/Blink-based browsers (Chrome, Opera 15+, Safari, etc) are the only ones that are uncomfortable with extracted console methods. For browser compatibility extracted methods have to be bound:

var log = console.log.bind(console);

Node has its own console implementation that relies on this but pre-binds its methods. It is safe to extract console methods in Node applications, the same applies to Electron's main process.

NW.js replaces Node console with Chromium's:

Node.js and Chromium each has its own implementation of setTimeout and console. Currently, for console, we use Chromium's implementation everywhere, because it can print in devtools and have more information exposed.

It is not safe to extract console methods in NW.js Node's context.