On Jul 18, 2011, at 6:50 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: >> Even in Harmony, many of the new methods being adding are "static": >> Proxy.create(), Proxy.createFunction(), Proxy.isTrapping(), >> Object.getPropertyDescriptor(), Object.getPropertyNames(), Object.is(), >> Number.isFinite(), Number.isNan()... If anything non-instance methods are >> becoming more important in JS as time goes on (though modules might change >> that). > > Brendan and I recently had a discussion about some of these and it isn't > clear that they are all in the correct places. Of the ones you mentioned, > I'm not so sure I would call Proxy a constructor. (you never say, new > Proxy() right?) it is really a factory object which means the methods you > name are instance side.
No, rather Proxy is a module name. We could even spec it for ES.next as something users must import from a standard library MRL: module Proxy from "@proxy"; and avoid polluting the global scope with 'Proxy' -- users get to name the module. With ES.next modules, one can even selectively import: import createFunction from "@proxy"; > The Object refection methods were put on object because it was a convenient > "namespace" object. But that's not a style I would want to encourage for > complex user applications. It depends on whether we have set a precedent, and also on the domain type (see below). > isFinite and isNaN probably should go on the instance side. No, that requires an extra test, as we discussed re: isGenerator. These are intentional any -> boolean non-coercing functions, not methods. They must be callable on any type of argument without testing that the argument is a number and then using it to call a method. /be
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