I think the original problem that caused this discussion with GC could be
solved with just a weak map:
```
// Original
class thing {
doSomething(x, y) {
let a = x + y;
let b = ay;
let c = bx;
return (c);
}
}
// With a weak map
const wm = new WeakMap()
class thing {
doSomething(x, y) {
let data = wm.get(this)
if (data === undefined) {
wm.set(this, data = {
a: x + y,
b: ay,
c: bx,
})
}
return data.c;
}
}
```
On Fri, May 13, 2016, 13:14 Brian Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> On May 13, 2016, at 12:13 PM, /#!/JoePea <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Or "Cython in Javascript". I think your needs can be satisfied by C/C++
> addons in Node.js or WebAssembly in browser
>
> But we want to stay in JavaScript because we like the language. Plus,
> writing a framework in JavaScript has the obvious advantage that a beginner
> web programmer can just start using it easily (HTML/JAvaScript is like
> the gateway drug of programming nowadays so there's certain advantages to
> writing a library in JS as opposed to in C or compiling to WebAssembly).
>
>
> I don’t think there being an alternate is any reason to not improve
> something. I’m realistic here, I know there are concerns which are
> 1,000,000x more important than me, games or other time sensitive
> applications, and backwards compatibility and language complications and
> sometimes philosophy. Just a few things here and there, though, not
> necessarily any of the ideas I’ve come up with, can solve or mitigate this
> problem.
>
> I never thought I’d see modules or classes! Everything is on the right
> path. Just being able to deal with the GC (and maybe types if I’m lucky)
> is the only big hurdle to the kind of thing myself and others are doing.
>
> [>] Brian
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