This is an old thread which I like to mention again. The proposal is change the method name from Array.of() to Array.fromElements() to make it clear especially for non-English native programmers.
It seems the thread is totally ignored... On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Jussi Kalliokoski < [email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Axel Rauschmayer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> However, I'm still not quite sure what the use case is for this. For code >> generation, if you know how many elements there are and what they are >> enough to put them in the Array.of(...,...,...) call, why not just use >> [...,...,...]? Unless it's supposed to be used for converting array-likes >> to arrays, where I really don't think this is the best function signature. >> For the dart example, why not just use [] and you avoid the gotcha? >> >> >> map and map-like scenarios are another use case: >> >> [1,2,3].map(Array.of) // [[1], [2], [3]] >> >> But, as Domenic mentions, it does indeed compete with: >> >> [1,2,3].map(...x => [...x]) >> > > Yeah, and in that case (making every element of an array an array), > actually: > > [1,2,3].map(x => [x]) > > Which is even shorter. > > I really have a hard time seeing any value in having this feature. All the > problems it's supposed to solve (at least the ones presented here) already > have better solutions. :D > > Cheers, > Jussi >
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