I've probably missed it, but what application are you building that would use this feature? Or, under what circumstances would an application use this feature?
On Fri, 8 Mar 2019 at 17:24 guest271314 <[email protected]> wrote: > The code for "transforming" numeric values to array and array to numeric > value has at least one complete implementation. That is not the goal of > this proposal. > > The goal of this proposal is to suggest to this body to take up the task > of defining the various manners in which that transformation can be > achieved, as illustrated at the example for the number *e* at > https://esdiscuss.org/topic/fwd-proposal-1-number-integer-or-decimal-to-array-2-array-to-number-integer-or-decimal#content-21 > . > > From perspective here, the third example provides the output (in array > representation) which can be manipulated more extensively than the previous > two examples. > > [2, .718281828459045] // example 1 > > [2.7, 18281828459045] // example 2 > > [2, 0.7, 1, 8, 2, 8, 1, 8, 2, 8, 4, 5, 9] // example 3 > > > How should those three examples be named for disambiguation as to the > output? > > If this body does decide to take up the matter of actually defining Number > and/or Math, and Array methods to perform the conversions, it would be > helpful if each of the three (and potentially more) possible outputs have a > clearly defined name for that output. > > AFAIK, there is no prior art relevant to conversion or "transforming" > JavaScript numeric values to array and array to numeric values. > > Does the above make sense to you relevant to the purpose of this proposal > and what this proposal actually suggests? > > On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 4:45 PM Jeremy Martin <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it fair to suggest that transforming numeric values to and from arrays >> isn't the ultimate goal of this proposal? Based on your examples, it seems >> there are specific manipulations you would like to be able to perform to >> numeric values, and your contention is that these manipulations would be >> more straightforward if various components of that value (i.e., the >> individual digits, the decimal location, and the sign) were represented in >> a "more structured" way (i.e., an array). Is that much a fair assessment? >> >> If that's the case, could you expand on the specific manipulations >> themselves? Preferably something more explicit and scoped than linking out >> to one of these external references, if possible. >> > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >
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