On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 6:01 AM, David-Sarah Hopwood
<[email protected]> wrote:
> David-Sarah Hopwood wrote:
>> [email protected] wrote:
>>> I'd like to use link(obj, target).
>>>
>>> E.g.
>>> a = 10;
>>> link(b, a);
>>> a++;
>>> b++;
>>> print(b);
>>> // output: 12
>>
>> That would require a "catchall" mechanism, allowing accesses to
>> nonexistent properties of an object to be handled. It's quite likely
>> that such a mechanism will be added, I think, but there is currently
>> no detailed concrete proposal.
>
> Sorry, I misread your example; a catchall mechanism is not particularly
> relevant to it.
>
> What you've asked for above can be implemented in terms of "linking" of
> properties using getters/setters, in the case where the variables are in
> the global scope or in a scope introduced using 'with'. However, why on
> earth would you want this? It looks frightful.
>
I agree.
BTW Several implementations implement a String.prototype.link method.
('a').link('b');
=> "<a href="b">a</a>"
:-)
Garrett
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