yeah that's better - I was having a senior moment - most constructor
functions will normally reside in the prototype of course


On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Andrea Giammarchi <
andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> My previous version was doing that in a probably too smart way so I've
> simplified the proposal simply accepting, in that example
>
> Object.mixin(Thung.prototype, Thing.proottype);
> Object.mixin(Thung.prototype, Thang.proottype);
>
> It does not look so black magic anymore but it's way less ambiguous than
> the first proposal (I guess)
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Angus Croll <anguscr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Lending my support to Object.mixin accepting a function as the
>> argument—but no surprise there I guess :)
>>
>> Note: since functional mixins and constructors are syntactically
>> identical we can now get gorgeously expressive—and make type inheritance
>> way simpler (for the first time allowing multiple type inheritance)
>>
>> //make a new thing and a new thang
>> var thing = new Thing;
>> var thang = new Thang;
>>
>> //OR have Thung inherit from Thing and Thang
>> Object.mixin(Thung.prototype, Thing);
>> Object.mixin(Thung.prototype, Thang);
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 12:59 PM, Andrea Giammarchi <
>> andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> right, I've simplified a lot and tested cross platform:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/WebReflection/object-mixin#object-mixin
>>>
>>> thoughts?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Andrea Giammarchi <
>>> andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK, maybe just code was a non-sense ...
>>>>
>>>> So, the idea behind is mark a function explicitly as mixin ... how ?
>>>>
>>>> Any function that is passed and has an empty prototype (then is user
>>>> defined or native) could be considered invocable as mixin.
>>>>
>>>> function addFunctionality() {
>>>>   this.method = function () {
>>>>     // now the outer context has a method
>>>>   };
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> // mark the prototype as empty in ES5
>>>> delete addFunctionality.prototype.constructor;
>>>>
>>>> function MyClass() {}
>>>>
>>>> Object.mixin(MyClass.prototype, addFunctionality);
>>>>
>>>> rather than only
>>>>
>>>> Object.mixin(MyClass.prototype, {method: function () {}});
>>>>
>>>> If the prototype has at least one own property in its prototype it will
>>>> be considered a constructor so that:
>>>>
>>>> Object.mixin(MyClass.prototype, MySuperClass);
>>>>
>>>> can easily be transformed implicitly into:
>>>> Object.mixin(MyClass.prototype, MySuperClass.prototype);
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> This case is, however, less important, the fact Object.mixin should be
>>>> able to accept a function and invoke it with target as context with
>>>> optional arguments would be really a **great idea**, IMHO
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Andrea Giammarchi <
>>>> andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> also, in case you are guessing the typo .. reacher because it could
>>>>> reach more (older) engines, doing a joke with richer .... got it? .. too
>>>>> damn fun, I know!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Andrea Giammarchi <
>>>>> andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> apologies
>>>>>> getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
>>>>>>     source,
>>>>>>     key
>>>>>> )
>>>>>>
>>>>>> should have been
>>>>>> getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
>>>>>>     enricher,
>>>>>>     key
>>>>>> )
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:58 AM, Andrea Giammarchi <
>>>>>> andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> what I've written here:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://github.com/WebReflection/object-mixin/blob/master/src/object-mixin.js
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> is a better proposal for the potential `Object.mixin()` in current
>>>>>>> ES6 specs.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It seems that Mixins Are Awesome and this can take most advantages
>>>>>>> from being a function and not only an object:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://webreflection.blogspot.ie/2013/04/flight-mixins-are-awesome.html
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> AFAIK, all interfaces described in W3C such EventTarget and others
>>>>>>> could be also covered by this proposal ... so ... what do you think ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> /*jslint browser: true, forin: true, plusplus: true, indent: 4 */
>>>>>>> (function(Object, mixin) {
>>>>>>>     "use strict"; // happy linter ^_____^
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     /* <droppable>
>>>>>>>      * adhoc polyfill section for this purpose only
>>>>>>>      * never use these functions outside this closure ... like ...
>>>>>>> ne*/var
>>>>>>>     /*
>>>>>>> ^ ... you see that? only reason I chose 4 spaces indentations here :D
>>>>>>>       also this comment ... pure quality, right ?!?! ... anyway ...
>>>>>>> */
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>         // for IE < 9 Desktop browsers
>>>>>>>         defineProperty = Object.defineProperty ||
>>>>>>>         function (o, k, d) {
>>>>>>>             o[k] = d.value;
>>>>>>>         },
>>>>>>>         // same as above
>>>>>>>         getOwnPropertyNames = Object.getOwnPropertyNames ||
>>>>>>>         function (o) {
>>>>>>>             var
>>>>>>>                 // in case the guy does not inherit from
>>>>>>> Object.prototype
>>>>>>>                 has = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty,
>>>>>>>                 result = [],
>>>>>>>                 key;
>>>>>>>             for (key in o) {
>>>>>>>                 // in non ES5 compliant browsers
>>>>>>>                 // there's no way to define properties
>>>>>>>                 // as non enumerable unless these are
>>>>>>>                 // there by default, like "constructor" is
>>>>>>>                 // for functions.prototype
>>>>>>>                 if (has.call(o, key)) {
>>>>>>>                     result.push(key);
>>>>>>>                 }
>>>>>>>             }
>>>>>>>             return result;
>>>>>>>         },
>>>>>>>         // again ... IE < 8
>>>>>>>         getOwnPropertyDescriptor = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor ||
>>>>>>>         function (o, k) {
>>>>>>>             return {
>>>>>>>                 enumerable: true,
>>>>>>>                 writable: true,
>>>>>>>                 configurable: true,
>>>>>>>                 value: o[k]
>>>>>>>             };
>>>>>>>         };
>>>>>>>     // </droppable>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     // if already defined get out of here
>>>>>>>     // this should be
>>>>>>>     // if (mixin in Object) return;
>>>>>>>     // but for some reason I went for JSLint ...
>>>>>>>     if (Object[mixin]) {
>>>>>>>         return;
>>>>>>>     }
>>>>>>>     // same descriptor as other spec'd methods
>>>>>>>     defineProperty(
>>>>>>>         Object,
>>>>>>>         mixin,
>>>>>>>         {
>>>>>>>             enumerable: false,
>>>>>>>             writable: true,
>>>>>>>             configurable: true,
>>>>>>>             value: function mixin(
>>>>>>>                 target, // object to enrich with
>>>>>>>                 source    // mixin object/function
>>>>>>>             ) {
>>>>>>>                 var
>>>>>>>                     // check if source is a function
>>>>>>>                     enricher = typeof source === 'function' ?
>>>>>>> source.prototype : source,
>>>>>>>                     // per each own property name
>>>>>>>                     keys = getOwnPropertyNames(enricher),
>>>>>>>                     length = keys.length,
>>>>>>>                     i = 0,
>>>>>>>                     key;
>>>>>>>                 while (i < length) {
>>>>>>>                     // define it ...
>>>>>>>                     defineProperty(
>>>>>>>                         target,
>>>>>>>                         key = keys[i++],
>>>>>>>                         // ... via same property descriptor
>>>>>>>                         getOwnPropertyDescriptor(
>>>>>>>                             source,
>>>>>>>                             key
>>>>>>>                         )
>>>>>>>                     );
>>>>>>>                 }
>>>>>>>                 // if the object had no own names
>>>>>>>                 // it's quite clear the intention of the user
>>>>>>>                 // so that if a function without properties
>>>>>>>                 // is passed through this method ...
>>>>>>>                 if (!length && typeof source === 'function') {
>>>>>>>                     // this function is invoked with the target
>>>>>>>                     // as its own context
>>>>>>>                     source.apply(
>>>>>>>                         target,
>>>>>>>                         // optional arguments to initialize defaults
>>>>>>>                         // for this mixin might be accepted too
>>>>>>>                         keys.slice.call(arguments, 2)
>>>>>>>                     );
>>>>>>>                 }
>>>>>>>                 // always return the initial target
>>>>>>>                 // ignoring a possible different return
>>>>>>>                 // in latter case: consistency with this method
>>>>>>>                 return target;
>>>>>>>             }
>>>>>>>         }
>>>>>>>     );
>>>>>>> }(Object, 'mixin'));
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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