On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Faisal Vali <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Tom Van Cutsem <[email protected]> >> To: es-discuss <[email protected]> >> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 15:42:26 -0700 >> Subject: Tech talk on proxies and traits >> Hi, >> I recently gave a Google tech talk on my joint work with Mark S. Miller on >> Harmony proxies and the traits.js library. Below is an abstract and a link >> to the video. > > <snip> >> Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1R8KGKkDjU >> Talk slides: >> http://es-lab.googlecode.com/files/harmony_highlights_techtalk.pdf >> traits.js library: www.traitsjs.org > > <snip> > > Thanks Tom. I've felt the need for a robust interception mechanism in > javascript for years now and was disheartened when I read about > interceptors "climbing the meta ladder" in a possibly prohibitive way. > Now, as a result of all your hard work I think we'll be getting quite > a comprehensive interceptor solution that compromises little. You have > my gratitude. > > Also, thanks for the excellent talk - it is a clear, simple and well > illustrated introduction to Proxies and Traits. > > I do have one request for clarification regarding the object 'proto' > supplied during proxy creation: > (i.e. Proxy.create(handler, proto)) > > Before a proxy has been fixed, the 'proto' is invisible to all > accesses and mutations on proxy (i.e they are all delegated to the > handler). Correct?
Oh, and yes, this is correct. > So It seems to me that the 'proto' object serves only two purposes - > 1) 'proto' is returned when one calls 'Object.getPrototypeOf(proxy)' > 2) When a proxy gets 'fixed', the 'proto' object is made the > 'fixed-proxys's prototype - and all subsequent accesses not explicitly > handled by the 'fixed-proxy' will be forwarded to the 'proto' > > Correct? > > Thanks again! > > Faisal Vali > Radiation Oncology > Loyola > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > -- Cheers, --MarkM _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
