How might I find a champion for this? Any takers here? On Tuesday, June 2, 2015, Alexander Jones <a...@weej.com> wrote:
> For some strange reason esdiscuss.org has garbled that link! For the > benefit of those readers: > > https://github.com/alex-weej/es-reflect-type-proposal > > (Apologies for spam) > > On 2 June 2015 at 23:10, Alexander Jones <a...@weej.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','a...@weej.com');>> wrote: > >> I've written this up as a strawman. It's available at >> https://github.com/alex-weej/es-reflect-type-proposal >> >> Thanks >> >> On 15 May 2015 at 00:37, Alexander Jones <a...@weej.com >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','a...@weej.com');>> wrote: >> >>> I'm sure there will evolve some other nomenclature for that in due >>> course. From http://www.slideshare.net/BrendanEich/value-objects2 it >>> sounds as if it would be reasonable to define `Type(x)` to be `Value`, and >>> thus `Reflect.type(x)` to be `Reflect.types.value`. >>> >>> Agree with the Symbol labels. >>> >>> >>> On 14 May 2015 at 18:50, Andrea Giammarchi <andrea.giammar...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','andrea.giammar...@gmail.com');>> wrote: >>> >>>> FWIW, I think whatever contains "type" in modern JS should consider >>>> `int32`, `float64`, and all TypedArrays plus it would be awesome to have a >>>> way to define own types. >>>> >>>> In any case, if your idea will be implemented, I think it should have >>>> named Symbols for debugging sake. >>>> >>>> ```js >>>> Symbol('undefined'), >>>> Symbol('null'), >>>> Symbol('boolean') >>>> ``` >>>> >>>> This would be at least consistent with current implementations of >>>> `Symbol.iterator` and friends. >>>> >>>> Best Regards >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Alexander Jones <a...@weej.com >>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','a...@weej.com');>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Just an idea, if it doesn't already exist somewhere. >>>>> >>>>> Reflect.type(x) would match the spec's Type(x) function, in that it >>>>> would basically be a better, more convenient typeof, i.e. >>>>> >>>>> Reflect.types = { >>>>> undefined: Symbol(), >>>>> null: Symbol(), >>>>> boolean: Symbol(), >>>>> string: Symbol(), >>>>> symbol: Symbol(), >>>>> number: Symbol(), >>>>> object: Symbol(), >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> Reflect.type(null) === Reflect.types.null >>>>> Reflect.type(function() {}) === Reflect.types.object >>>>> >>>>> We weren't able to fix typeof null in harmony, but this seems like a >>>>> good opportunity to introduce something new. Haven't thought about the >>>>> repercussions of future support for new value types... >>>>> >>>>> Any thoughts? >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> es-discuss mailing list >>>>> es-discuss@mozilla.org >>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','es-discuss@mozilla.org');> >>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
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