(typed too fast and missed the redirection to ES4 list) Hi,
[...] > > However, according to the current ECMAScript 4 specification, these methods > appear to be missing from Array.prototype: > > http://developer.mozilla.org/es4/spec/chapter_19_native_objects.html#array_objects > please check this link instead http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=spec:chapter_19_native_objects afaik, the current AS3 implementation provide some (if not all) of the Array "extra" methods the ES4 milestone 0 provide also those Array "extra" and if the Array class stays dynamic nothing will prevent you to add the extras you would need ex: reduce which appears in JS 1.8 is not there (yet) Array2.as (code from http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Core_JavaScript_1.5_Reference:Objects:Array:reduce ) ---- package extensions { public var Array2:Boolean = true; trace( "Array extensions loaded" ); Array.prototype.reduce = function( fun:Function, ...args ):* { var len:uint = this.length; // no value to return if no initial value and an empty array if( len == 0 ) { throw new TypeError(); } var i:int = 0; if( args.length > 0 ) { var rv:* = args[0]; } else { do { if (i in this) { rv = this[i++]; break; } // if array contains no values, no initial value to return if (++i >= len) { throw new TypeError(); } } while (true); } for( ; i < len; i++ ) { if (i in this) { rv = fun.call(null, rv, this[i], i, this); } } return rv; } } ---- and use it like that ---- package { import flash.display.Sprite; public class sandbox3 extends Sprite { public function sandbox3() { import extensions.Array2; var total:* = [0, 1, 2, 3].reduce( function(a:*, b:*):* {return a + b;} ); trace( total ); var flattened:* = [[0,1], [2,3], [4,5]].reduce( function(a:*,b:*):* {return a.concat(b);}, [] ); trace( flattened ); } } } ---- just to say that in AS3 you can already add those extras and in ES4 final you will still be able to do that and even more zwetan _______________________________________________ Es4-discuss mailing list Es4-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss