Avoiding rewriting the console.log in IE. The new nv.log implementation works under IE.

nv.d3.js

@@ -34,12 +34,14 @@ if (nv.dev) {
 // ********************************************
 //  Public Core NV functions
 
-// Make console.log a FUNCTION in IE9 (https://gist.github.com/1466437)
-(function(){var a=this.console,b=a&&a.log,c=!b||b.call?0:a.log=function(){c.apply.call(b,a,arguments)}})();
-
 // Logs all arguments, and returns the last so you can test things in place
 nv.log = function() {
-  if (nv.dev && console.log && console.log.apply) console.log.apply(console, arguments);
+  if (nv.dev && console.log && console.log.apply)
+    console.log.apply(console, arguments)
+  else if (nv.dev && console.log && Function.prototype.bind) {
+    var log = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.log, console);
+    log.apply(console, arguments);
+  }
   return arguments[arguments.length - 1];
 };
 

src/core.js

@@ -33,12 +33,14 @@ if (nv.dev) {
 // ********************************************
 //  Public Core NV functions
 
-// Make console.log a FUNCTION in IE9 (https://gist.github.com/1466437)
-(function(){var a=this.console,b=a&&a.log,c=!b||b.call?0:a.log=function(){c.apply.call(b,a,arguments)}})();
-
 // Logs all arguments, and returns the last so you can test things in place
 nv.log = function() {
-  if (nv.dev && console.log && console.log.apply) console.log.apply(console, arguments);
+  if (nv.dev && console.log && console.log.apply)
+    console.log.apply(console, arguments)
+  else if (nv.dev && console.log && Function.prototype.bind) {
+    var log = Function.prototype.bind.call(console.log, console);
+    log.apply(console, arguments);
+  }
   return arguments[arguments.length - 1];
 };