Ah yes, my bad. `var`! On Mon, Apr 24, 2017 at 3:43 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <al...@wirfs-brock.com> wrote:
> > On Apr 24, 2017, at 12:34 PM, Bradley Meck <bradley.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > > To an extent, yes. You can use hoisting of function declarations and > circular dependencies to create a "gateway". During circular dependencies, > you have a time where function declarations are available but evaluation > has not occured. During that time you can setup your private state. Then, > immediately on evaluation, remove your gateway. > > ``` > // file: ./secrets > > // import all friendly modules (note: all dependencies of these modules > could access GATEWAY) > import './a' > GATEWAY = void 0; > > > // storage for shared secrets > let SECRET; > > > Really clever! > > Doesn’t this need to be a `var` declaration. Otherwise, the initial test > of SECRET will be in its TDZ the first time GATEWAY is called. > > > // gateway > function GATEWAY() { > if (!SECRET) SECRET = {}; > return SECRET; > } > export {GATEWAY}; > ``` > > ``` > // file: ./a > import {GATEWAY} from './secrets'; > if (typeof GATEWAY !== 'function') { > throw Error('import secrets *first*.'); > } > const SECRET = GATEWAY(); > ``` > > With Realms (https://github.com/tc39/proposal-realms) you may be able to > use the completion value of Module Evaluation to also achieve a way to > share private state in a more sane way. VM implementations allow this in > some ways as well : https://github.com/v8/v8/blob/ > a71c338d9e24e55b47125108a0fce754076751d0/include/v8.h#L1109 > > >
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