This topic has been discussed a long time ago and has stalled on discussions of a standard library.
Coming back to the idea of adding some basic math operations directly on Math, there could be value in adding at least the following (from Isiah Meadows's post): > - `a + b` -> `Math.add` -> `:+` > - `a - b` -> `Math.sub` -> `:-` > - `a * b` -> `Math.mul` -> `:*` (different from `imul`) > - `a / b` -> `Math.div` -> `:/` `Math.add`: Among potentially other things, this could be useful for an out-of-the-box, terse way to add up items in an array. So, instead of: ``` array.reduce((sum, item) => sum + item); ``` Items could be added up with: ``` array.reduce(Math.add); ``` `Math.sub`: Among potentially other things, this could be useful for sorting numbers without having to define a custom comparator (i.e. almost as an out-of-the-box riposte to the "JavaScript WTF" refrain of lexicographically sorting numbers by using the default sort implementation.) So, instead of: ``` array.sort((first, second) => first - second); ``` Numbers could be sorted with: ``` array.sort(Math.sub); ``` `Math.mul` and `Math.div`: I don't have a compelling use case in mind, but I'd just throw these in for good measure / symmetry. Ates _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
