[BUGFIX beta] Throw error if run.bind receives no method

packages/@ember/runloop/index.js

@@ -217,7 +217,30 @@ export function join() {
   @since 1.4.0
   @public
 */
-export const bind = (...curried) => (...args) => join(...curried.concat(args));
+export const bind = (...curried) => {
+  assert(
+    'could not find a suitable method to bind',
+    (function(methodOrTarget, methodOrArg) {
+      // Applies the same logic as backburner parseArgs for detecting if a method
+      // is actually being passed.
+      let length = arguments.length;
+
+      if (length === 0) {
+        return false;
+      } else if (length === 1) {
+        return typeof methodOrTarget === 'function';
+      } else {
+        let type = typeof methodOrArg;
+        return (
+          type === 'function' || // second argument is a function
+          (methodOrTarget !== null && type === 'string' && methodOrArg in methodOrTarget) || // second argument is the name of a method in first argument
+          typeof methodOrTarget === 'function' //first argument is a function
+        );
+      }
+    })(...curried)
+  );
+  return (...args) => join(...curried.concat(args));
+};
 
 /**
   Begins a new RunLoop. Any deferred actions invoked after the begin will

packages/@ember/runloop/tests/run_bind_test.js

@@ -36,5 +36,24 @@ moduleFor(
 
       asyncFunction(bind(asyncCallback, asyncCallback, 1));
     }
+
+    ['@test [GH#16652] bind throws an error if callback is undefined']() {
+      let assertBindThrows = (msg, ...args) => {
+        expectAssertion(
+          function() {
+            bind(...args);
+          },
+          /could not find a suitable method to bind/,
+          msg
+        );
+      };
+      assertBindThrows('without arguments');
+      assertBindThrows('with one arguments that is not a function', 'myMethod');
+      assertBindThrows(
+        'if second parameter is not a function and not a property in first parameter',
+        Object.create(null),
+        'myMethod'
+      );
+    }
   }
 );