Question

Please see demo here: http://jsfiddle.net/mA6qm/1/ (expand console)

Why aren’t events being sent or received between two object yet the same code works fine when it’s placed in the global scope?

Answer 1

The issue is that the object you’re binding the event to is not the same object you’re triggering it on. In the setTimeout callback, this will not refer to calling_object even though you defined finished as a method on that object. Instead it will refer to the window. Similarly, when you bound the event the event was bound on listening_object. You need to make sure you’re using the same object for both.