On Sat, Jan 12, 2019 at 8:19 AM Randy Buchholz <w...@randybuchholz.com>
wrote:
> (Hi all, new to group)
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> Some of the Well Known Symbols are linked to standard functions –
> Symbol.toStringTag - A string value used for the default description of an
> object. Used by Object.prototype.toString().
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> When I have a Class instance (say, `const flow = new Flow()`, the
> debugger shows `flow = Flow {`.
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> But when I do `console.log( typeof flow)` the output is `object`.
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> I assume changing basic behavior `typeof` would be breaking, but extending
> it through a symbol would be useful.
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> `Symbol.typeofTag` of just `Symbol.typeof`
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> Invoking `typeof` on an object with this symbol would return “user-typed”
> information.
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can't you just use the constructor name when needing more detail?
var a = new Date();
a.constructor.name
"Date"
> (Posting Question)
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> What is the preferred format/approach for highlighting code in posts?
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> ____________________
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> Possible Approaches
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> ```
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> class Flow {
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> get [Symbol.typeof]() { return Flow; } or { return “Flow” }
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> }
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> ```
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> would work much like Symbol.species. Implicitly casting to string would
> be more intuitive I think.
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> Other approaches, (special handling of well-knowns) could be:
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> Decorator-ish
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> ```
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> [Symbol.typeof] = “Flow”
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> Class Flow {…
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> ```
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> or inferred
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> ```
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> [Symbol.typeof]
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> class Flow {…
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> ```
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> Internal – In class, but not in a function.
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> ```
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> Class Flow {
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> [Symbol.typeof]
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> or
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> [Symbol.typeof] = “Flow”
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> or
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> [Symbol.typeof] = Flow
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> or
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> [Symbol.typeof] = this
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> ```
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> Constructor
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> ```
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> Class Flow {
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> Constructor() {
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> this[Symbol.typeof] = …
>
> …
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> ```
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