"the size of that unicode string is 1" ... meaning the **virtual** size for
human eyes
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Andrea Giammarchi <
andrea.giammar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 for the simplified `at(symbolIndex)`
>
> I would expect '𝌆'.at(1) to fail same way 'a'.charAt(1) or
> 'a'.charCodeAt(1) would.
>
> I would expect '𝌆'.at(symbolIndex) to behave as `length` does based on
> unique symbol (unicode extra) so that everyone, except RAM and CPU, will
> have life easier with strings.
>
> Long story short: there's no symbol at 1, the symbol is at 0 because the
> size of that unicode string is 1
>
> That said, I am sure the discussion went through this already ^_^
>
>
>
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> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock
> <al...@wirfs-brock.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> On Oct 18, 2013, at 7:21 AM, Rick Waldron wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Mathias Bynens <math...@qiwi.be> wrote:
>>
>>> ES6 fixes `String.fromCharCode` by introducing `String.fromCodePoint`.
>>>
>>> Similarly, `String.prototype.charCodeAt` is fixed by
>>> `String.prototype.codePointAt`.
>>>
>>> Should there be a method that is like `String.prototype.charAt` except
>>> it deals with astral Unicode symbols wherever possible?
>>>
>>> >> '𝌆'.charAt(0) // U+1D306
>>> '\uD834' // the first surrogate half for U+1D306
>>>
>>> >> '𝌆'.symbolAt(0) // U+1D306
>>> '𝌆' // U+1D306
>>>
>>
>> I think the idea is good, but the name may be confusing with regard to
>> Symbols (maybe not?)
>>
>>
>> Given that we have charAt, charCodeAt and codePointAt, I think the most
>> appropiate name for such a method would be 'at':
>> '𝌆'.at(0)
>>
>> The issue when this sort of method has been discussed in the past has
>> been what to do when you index at a trailing surrogate possition:
>>
>> '𝌆'.at(1)
>>
>> do you still get '𝌆' or do you get the equivalent of
>> String.fromCharCode('𝌆'[1]) ?
>>
>> Allen
>>
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