This question — how to make using an arguments hash for some or all of your
arguments fun — has been bugging me for a while. So I just started a tiny new
library called argment: <https://github.com/Sidnicious/argment.js>.
Check it out! For the moment, it’s nine lines and does only the simplest case,
but heck, I like it. Start with an ordinary function (which never has to deal
with the options hash)…
function foo(a, b, c){
console.log(a, b, c);
}
…and argment it:
foo = argment(foo, ['a', 'b', 'c']);
foo({ a: 'one', c: 'three' });
Useful? What should I add?
On Jun 16, 2011, at 6:09 PM, Matthew Bramer wrote:
> Please excuse my lack of correct terminology (feel free to correct it!), but
> I have an ongoing debate where I work about this. I see some people build up
> their functions like this:
>
> function ManyParams(param1, param2, param3, param4, param5, param6) {
> //stuff
> }
>
> I say *not* to do that and just have one object as your parameter:
>
> function OneParam(options) {
> //stuff
> }
>
> My question to you guys is, which approach uses memory the most efficient?
> I've been told that using an object would lengthen the script and will add
> weight to it. (I don't really agree here)
> I see a lot of libraries using the approach that I describe, using an object
> as a parameter. It seems that it's the easiest to maintain as well.
>
> I'd love to know if there is a fiddle out there that could prove the
> pros/cons of both. On that note, how could I measure the difference in
> memory usage?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Matt
>
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