Edits: 1. s/Haskell/Swift/g 2. Most of my utility has been in things like random data.
Now that I take a second look at this, maybe it's better as just a utility function, not in the standard. (There isn't really anything this could provide that aren't possible otherwise, and it's not as broad of a use case as, say, `Array.prototype.map` or `Math.random`.) ----- 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 Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 9:52 PM, Isiah Meadows <[email protected]> wrote: > I like this idea, and it has plenty of precedent in other languages > (Python, Haskell, Clojure, etc.). It's more useful for arrays in my > experience than even for strings. > ----- > > 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 Sun, Mar 25, 2018 at 2:27 PM, Cyril Auburtin > <[email protected]> wrote: >> String and Array share a few methods. >> >> I think `repeat` could exist for Array as well >> >> At the moment are other more verbose ways to do so: >> >> - `Array.from({length: n}, () => 'foo')` >> - `Array(n).fill('foo')` >> - `[].concat(...Array.from({length: 3}, () => ['x', 'y']))` >> - `[].concat(...Array(3).fill(['x', 'y']))` >> >> so with repeat it would just be; >> >> - `['foo'].repeat(n)` >> - `['x', 'y'].repeat(3)` >> >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >> _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
