On Friday, December 28, 2012, greelgorke wrote: > well, yes, you are right at this point. Mark said, he uses much of typeof > and sometimes instanceof for Array detection. So, his use case may be a > good one for underscore. but if you just want this one single function, it > is an overkill, but even then it's worth to look at its code and just take > the picks you need, and use them. it's MIT > > > Furthermore, underscore has a nasty history of not correctly matching > native implementations > is this a claim like: "don't use it, because it had bugs earlier"? huh? >
No, because they still exist. Natives have sparse array handling, underscore does not. indexOf has some made up third param that isn't fromIndex. Anything else? Rick > Am Freitag, 28. Dezember 2012 23:03:27 UTC+1 schrieb Rick Waldron: > > > > On Friday, December 28, 2012, greelgorke wrote: > > look further, there is more than just isArray. AND underscore falls back > to native implementations, if any present. and it's just it: same interface > for every plattform. > > > Yes, I'm very aware of underscore, thank you. I don't believe in adding a > full on library for the sake of using a single function that language > already offers natively. Furthermore, underscore has a nasty history of not > correctly matching native implementations, so lucky you: same API, > different behaviour. > > The only platforms that don't support Array.isArray are old IEs. > > > Rick > > > > Am Freitag, 28. Dezember 2012 22:31:28 UTC+1 schrieb Rick Waldron: > > > > On Friday, December 28, 2012, greelgorke wrote: > > psst.. i heard underscore have some cool tools for the typeof pain, like > http://underscorejs.org/#****isArray <http://underscorejs.org/#isArray> > > > *facepalm* > > Really? On a platform that supports Array.isArray built-in? > > Rick > > > > Am Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012 22:32:03 UTC+1 schrieb Mark Hahn: > > > what sort of program scenarios you've found yourself in where > instanceof was the "go to" solution > > I use typeof a lot, but instanceof not so often. I sometimes use > instanceof Array when I don't have a helper around for that. > > I've just started a module for use in node and the client that "fixes" > these as much as possible. It is annoying when I get an error just > because of lack of camelCasing. My mind isn't good at remembering > minor things. > > Does anyone know how I could fix typeof in node? I can see how to do > it in the client. Luckily I'm using coffeescript so making typeOf a > function will be used like `typeOf x` and it will look the same as > typeof `x`. > > > Completely irrelevant to the discussion... > > What is irrelevant? > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Rick Waldron <waldro...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Inline... > > > > > > On Thursday, December 27, 2012, Mark Hahn wrote: > >> > >> Why not also allow readDir? It would cause no harm to do so. > >> > >> This isn't node, but what also bugs me is typeof and instanceof. I > >> cringe every time I type them. > > > > > > Completely irrelevant to the discussion... but you have my attention > now—I'm > > curious to know what sort of program scenarios you've found yourself in > > where instanceof was the "go to" solution (but painful to use?), aside > from > > useful type checking (types as in "object types", not as in > "data-types"). > > If you want to know if x has Foo constructor in its prototype chain, > > instanceof has you covered. > > > > Rick > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM, David Habereder > >> <david.h...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > That clears that up. Thanks. > >> > > >> > Am Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012 20:36:30 UTC+1 schrieb Matt > Sergeant: > >> >> > >> >> I think you'll likely find where it isn't the case (such as readdir) > >> >> the > >> >> name comes from the POSIX function name. There's no readfile > function > >> >> in > >> >> POSIX, but there is readdir(). The only other case seems to be > >> >> readlink, > >> >> which is the same issue. > >> >> > >> >> http://linux.die.net/man/2/**rea****ddir<http://linux.die.net/man/2/readdir> > >> >> http://linux.die.net/man/2/**rea****dlink<http://linux.die.net/man/2/readlink> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM, David Habereder < > david.h...@gmail.com> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >> > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to > nodejs@googlegroups.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'nodejs@googlegroups.com');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'nodejs%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
