A good point (independently of classes): why change the value of `this`?
On Aug 3, 2014, at 20:19 , John Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > Since I guess not too many developers work with ES6 and the Loader object, > here is some feedback: the Loader callback design does not play well with ES6 > classes. > > The Loader takes 'options', an object with function properties like > normalize, locate, and fetch. If you pass a literal object with function > properties, it works fine. > > If you pass an instance of a class, then you discover that the Loader calls > these functions with 'this' bound to the Loader, not the 'options' object. > > There isn't a simple way around this as far as I know. The options functions > don't have access to the options object, only module-state and global. So > you're stuck with the awkward: > var loader = new Loader({ > normalize: options.normalize.bind(options), > locate: options.locate.bind(locate), > etc, > }; > I guess you can give up on ES6 inheritance and create the hook instances by > old-school JS, but that is even more annoying. Or maybe there is something > else I've not thought of? > > jjb > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer [email protected] rauschma.de
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