I'm not sure I like it. Given how other languages use the "::" operator,
I'd expect "Foo::bar" to do some sort of static property lookup for a name
called "bar" on "Foo", not bind the local variable "Foo" to the local
variable "bar". I think "bar.bind(Foo)" is more than enough. I am OK with
your "curryThis" function, though, even if I think it's a bit too fancy for
any code I'd write.
On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Nathan Wall <nathan.w...@live.com> wrote:
> (Sorry about the formatting in the last one. Trying again.)
>
> I have a syntax proposal, but it goes along with a slightly different way
> of thinking of this.
>
> The proposed bind operator[1] can take a function which acts as a method
> and make a call to it with a specific receiver without the receiver needing
> to have the method defined as a property (basically a nicer syntax for
> `call` and `apply`). Given a bind operator, this problem reduces to just
> having a way to take a function and turn its first argument into its
> `this`. So good syntax can be achieved in two steps.
>
> Steps:
> 1. Turn the function into a method.
> 2. Invoke with bind operator.
>
> To solve step 1, we could have something like `Function.curryThis` which
> does the opposite of "uncurryThis":
>
> Function.curryThis = function(f) {
> return function(...args) {
> return f(this, ...args);
> };
> };
>
> Example use:
>
> // ES5
> Array.from(obj);
>
> // Proposal
> var toArray = Function.curryThis(Array.from);
> obj::toArray();
>
> Another example:
>
> // ES5
> Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(window.HTMLFormElement.prototype,
> 'elements').get;
>
> // Proposal
> var getOwnPropertyDescriptor =
> Function.curryThis(Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor);
> window.HTMLFormElement.prototype::getOwnPropertyDescriptor('elements');
>
> Perhaps sugar could be added to do both steps in one with another operator
> (say `:::`).
>
> // ES5
> Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(window.HTMLFormElement.prototype,
> 'elements').get;
>
> // Proposal
>
> window.HTMLFormElement.prototype:::Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor('elements');
>
> It's the same proposal as yours with slightly different syntax. And I
> think the syntax makes some sense given a bind operator `::`.
>
> [1] http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:bind_operator
>
>
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
>
--
Jasper
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