for what is worth it, my use case is exactly this:
var value = map.has(key) ? map.get(key) : map.set(key, someValue);
which could be inlined easily and it looks less ugly and/or redundant than:
(map.has(key) ? map.get(key) : map.set(key, someValue).get(key))
but I see Rick use cases too ... probably not my style thought
On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:53 PM, Nathan Wall <nathan.w...@live.com> wrote:
> I'm not a person of influence, but as a JS developer, I agree with Andrea
> on this. I think Map#set() should return the value. I would expect the same
> behavior as obj[key] = value. I find Andrea's use case (m.get(k) ||
> m.set(k, v)) more compelling than the method chaining possibilities.
>
>
> Nathan
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 14:21:24 -0800
> Subject: Re: (Map|Set|WeakMap)#set() returns `this` ?
> From: andrea.giammar...@gmail.com
> To: waldron.r...@gmail.com
> CC: es-discuss@mozilla.org
>
>
> IMHO, a set(key, value) should return the value as it is when you address
> a value
>
> var o = m.get(k) || m.set(k, v); // o === v
>
> // equivalent of
>
> var o = m[k] || (m[k] = v); // o === v
>
> a set with a key that returns `this` is a non case so almost as useless as
> the void return is.
>
> Usefulness comes with use cases ... except this jQuery chainability thingy
> that works fine for jQuery structure ( an ArrayLike Collection ) who asked
> for map.set(k0, v0).set(k1, v1).set(k2, v2) ? Or even
> map.set(k0,v0).get(k1) ? what are use cases for this?
>
> I am honestly curious about them because I cannot think a single one ...
> specially with the Set
>
> s.add(k0).add(k1).add(k2) ... this code looks weird inlined like this ...
>
> Thanks for your patience
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.r...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 4:28 PM, Andrea Giammarchi <
> andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wonder what was the use case that convinced TC39 to return `this` with
> these methods.
>
>
> Assuming you read the notes, I proposed the agenda item based on the best
> practice of ensuring meaningful returns, and in the case of mutation
> methods, |this| is a meaningful return.
>
>
> Accordingly, this will never work:
> var query = map.has('queried') ? map.get('queried') :
> map.set('queried', $('myquery'));
>
>
> Previously, map.set() had a useless void return...
>
>
>
> And it will be something like:
> var query = map.has('queried') ? map.get('queried') :
> map.set('queried', $('myquery')).get('queried');
>
> which is ugly and I don't really understand where map.set(k0, v0).set(k1,
> v1).set(k2, v2) could be useful.
>
>
> Accessing the object post-mutation allows for more expressive use of the
> API.
>
>
> Rick
>
>
> Thanks for clarifications ( a use case would be already good )
>
> br
>
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