From 7459d35b48adc56432e0b47e301aae8fb50f02a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Geoffrey Longman <glongman@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 22:47:36 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] promise.call - apply original arguments

---
 promise.js | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/promise.js b/promise.js
index cde8183..9ef8a49 100644
--- a/promise.js
+++ b/promise.js
@@ -94,8 +94,9 @@ Promise.prototype.put = function(propertyName, value){
 };
 
 Promise.prototype.call = function(functionName /*, args */){
+  var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
   return this.then(function(value){
-    return value[functionName].apply(value, Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1));
+    return value[functionName].apply(value, args);
   });
 };
 

From 6e93238ce7f05b357bc13a049e67e987b80f982e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Yandell <thomasyandell@thomas-yandells-macbook.local>
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:55:23 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] detect string exceptions and upgrade to Error objects to
 make sure error messages are output in node

---
 promise.js | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/promise.js b/promise.js
index 9ef8a49..ae951a7 100644
--- a/promise.js
+++ b/promise.js
@@ -196,7 +196,12 @@ function Deferred(canceller){
     if (!dontThrow) {
       enqueue(function () {
         if (!handled) {
-          throw error;
+          if (typeof(error) === 'string') {
+            throw new Error(error);
+          }
+          else {
+            throw error;
+          }
         }
       });
     }