2009/12/7 Yehuda Katz <wyc...@gmail.com>:
> Your strawman would support:
> {0: "strawman", length: 0}
> A better definition might be:
> o is an array like object if o[[Get]]('length') returns a Number one
> greater than the largest numeric property, or 0 if no numeric properties
> exist.
By that better definition the array [,] is not array like.
>
> Yehuda Katz
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>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Mike Samuel <mikesam...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> It occurred to me after looking at the proxy strawman that it might
>> help to nail down what "array-like" means in future drafts. It isn't
>> directly related to the proxy stuff though so I thought I'd start a
>> separate thread.
>>
>> I've seen quite a bit of library code that does something like
>> if (isArrayLike(input)) {
>> // iterate over properties [0,length) in increasing order
>> } else {
>> // Iterate over key value pairs
>> }
>> but different libraries defined array-like in different ways.
>> Some ways I've seen:
>> (1) input instanceof Array
>> (2) Object.prototype.toString(input) === '[object Array]'
>> (3) input.length === (input.length >> 0)
>> etc.
>>
>> The common thread with array like objects is that they are meant to be
>> iterated over in series.
>> It might simplify library code and reduce confusion among clients of
>> these libraries if there is some consistent definition of series-ness.
>> This committee might want to get involved since it could affect
>> discussions on a few topics:
>> (1) key iteration order
>> (2) generators/iterators
>> (3) catchall proposals
>> (4) type systems
>>
>> One strawman definition for an array like object:
>> o is an array like object if o[[Get]]('length') returns a valid
>> array index or one greater than the largest valid array index.
>>
>> The need to distinguish between the two in library code could be
>> mooted if for (in) on arrays iterated over the array index properties
>> of arrays in numeric oder order first, followed by other properties in
>> insertion order, and host objects like NodeCollections followed suit.
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