I am in favor of last() and first() particularly because other collections like queues and sorted sets can implement it and grow the common interface of ordered collections. I also favor the last() and first() bike-shed colors. I wrote a query and binding language that already uses these forms.
http://documentup.com/montagejs/frb/#tutorial/last Kris Kowal On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Dmitry Soshnikov < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Exactly at the moment I'm writing too many of > > entries[entries.length - 1] > > where `entries` is an array (with of course moving to a helper > function/prototype method). > > Will it make sense to add it now to ES6? > > For consistency with Object.keys(), it could be exactly a function, not a > getter: > > entries.last() > > For correlation with entries.length, it could be the getter, yes > > entries.last > > Both work well, just need to peek more practical. > > The pop() is similar, but removes the element. > > (the issue was discussed before, not sure whether it was decided not to > include it, or was it's just forgotten - don't see it in the draft, but > seems the useful thing: if not for ES6, probably for ES7) > > (Alternative: entries.peek()) > > Dmitry > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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