BTW consider this:
```js
class Foo {
get bar() {
Object.defineProperty(this, 'bar', {value: []});
return this.bar;
}
}
const a = new Foo;
Foo.prototype.bar;
const b = new Foo;
const c = new Foo;
// b.bar === c.bar
```
So I recommend this instead:
```js
const wm = new WeakMap;
class Foo {
get bar() {
if (!wm.has(this)) {
wm.set(this, []);
}
return wm.get(this);
}
}
const a = new Foo;
Foo.prototype.bar;
const b = new Foo;
const c = new Foo;
// b.bar !== c.bar
```
On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 12:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
> On August 31, 2017 6:15:20 PM GMT+02:00, Isiah Meadows <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> >Promises are inherently eager, but also async - consider that `new
> >Promise(resolve => resolve(1))` is roughly equivalent to `var promise
> >= Promise.resolve(1)`.
> >
> >My proposal is for a single immediate value, but created on demand
> >(when you call `.get()`) rather than immediately.
>
> But then, it seems to me Andrea's self-rewriting getter gets to the point.
>
> Maybe there can be 'caching' getter planned as in:
>
> Object.defineProperty(foo, "bar", {
> get: () => "baz",
> caching: true
> });
>
> with a shortcut
>
> Object.defineLazyValue(
> foo, "bar", () => "baz");
>
> which is implementable via a lib.
>
> Herby
> >-----
> >
> >Isiah Meadows
> >[email protected]
> >
> >Looking for web consulting? Or a new website?
> >Send me an email and we can get started.
> >www.isiahmeadows.com
> >
> >
> >On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:37 AM, Naveen Chawla <[email protected]>
> >wrote:
> >> Could you not do this with a promise? If not, what's missing in
> >promise that
> >> you could do with "lazy"? Sorry if I've missed the whole premise
> >>
> >> On Thu, 31 Aug 2017 at 19:09 Andrea Giammarchi
> ><[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> the following is how I usually consider lazy values
> >>>
> >>> ```js
> >>> class Any {
> >>> _lazy(name) {
> >>> switch (name) {
> >>> case 'uid': return Math.random();
> >>> // others ... eventually
> >>> }
> >>> }
> >>> get uid() {
> >>> var value = this._lazy('uid');
> >>> // from now on, direct access
> >>> Object.defineProperty(this, 'uid', {value});
> >>> return value;
> >>> }
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> const a = new Any;
> >>> a.uid === a.uid; // true
> >>> ```
> >>>
> >>> If I understand correctly your proposal is to use Lazy as generic
> >>> descriptor, is that correct ?
> >>>
> >>> ```js
> >>> Object.defineProperty({}, 'something', new Lazy(function (val) {
> >>> return this.shakaLaka ? val : 'no shakaLaka';
> >>> }));
> >>> ```
> >>>
> >>> ???
> >>>
> >>> If that's the case I see already people confused by arrow function
> >>> in case they need to access the context,
> >>> plus no property access optimization once resolved.
> >>>
> >>> It's also not clear if such property can be set again later on
> >(right now
> >>> it cannot)
> >>> 'cause lazy definition doesn't always necessarily mean inability to
> >>> reassign.
> >>>
> >>> What am I missing/misunderstanding?
> >>>
> >>> Regards
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Isiah Meadows
> ><[email protected]>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> It'd be really nice if lazy values made it into the spec somehow.
> >I've
> >>>> already found myself using things like this [1] quite a bit, and
> >I've
> >>>> also found myself frequently initializing properties not on first
> >>>> access.
> >>>>
> >>>> [1]:
> >>>>
> >https://gist.github.com/isiahmeadows/4c0723bdfa555a1c2cb01341b323c3d4
> >>>>
> >>>> As for what would be a nice API, maybe something like one of these?
> >>>>
> >>>> ```js
> >>>> class Lazy<T> {
> >>>> constructor(init: () => T);
> >>>> get(): T; // or error thrown
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> function lazy<T>(init: () => T): () => T; // or error thrown
> >>>>
> >>>> function lazy<T>(init: () => T): {
> >>>> get(): T; // or error thrown
> >>>> }
> >>>> ```
> >>>>
> >>>> Alternatively, syntax might work, with `do` expression semantics:
> >>>>
> >>>> ```js
> >>>> const x = lazy do { ... }
> >>>> // expose via `x.get()` or just `x()`
> >>>> ```
> >>>>
> >>>> -----
> >>>>
> >>>> Isiah Meadows
> >>>> [email protected]
> >>>>
> >>>> Looking for web consulting? Or a new website?
> >>>> Send me an email and we can get started.
> >>>> www.isiahmeadows.com
> >>>> _______________________________________________
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