Note that Native won't be in 1.3, in 1.3 it will be Type. Native/Type is not documented, so it's behavior can change.
On Jun 6, 8:20 pm, jiggliemon <[email protected]> wrote: > Silly me. I forgot about "Native": > > ============= > Native.implement({ > is:function(type){ > return typeOf(this)==type; > } > }); > ============= > > http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/24TXR/2/ > > On Jun 6, 10:35 am, jiggliemon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > @arian: > > There's jut a few things I see. > > 1. You're still using the "is" word; I have no idea if this is going > > to piss off IE. I'll test it Monday. > > 2. There's no way to so {im:'object'}.is('object'); > > > So you would have to extend Object, and when you do that, there's no > > reason to extend all the other Natives, cause it's the parent Object. > > so the following should take care of it all (if we're using is): > > > Object.prototype.is = function(type){ > > return typeOf(this)==type; > > > } > > > On Jun 6, 1:54 am, Arian <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Of course it can be much shorter than 20 lines ;) > > > :http://jsfiddle.net/BDEWf/6/ > > > > On Jun 5, 10:55 pm, jiggliemon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Oskar pointed out that "is" is a reserved word in Javascript so it > > > > could cause problems in IE1+ > > > > Not to mention the Taboo of extending Object. > > > > > It just seems a little cumbersome having to write 20-lines and extend > > > > all the Native objects to essentially get the same functionality as > > > > the 3-liner object extender. > > > > >http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/24TXR/ > > > > > On Jun 5, 7:24 am, Ryan Florence <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I've done this a few times, I certain like looking at: > > > > > > if (arg.isNumber()) > > > > > > than looking at > > > > > > if ($type(arg) == 'number') > > > > > > Yours is pretty creative. > > > > > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 11:29 PM, jiggliemon wrote: > > > > > > > What about having a simple "is" method on all the main types? > > > > > >http://jsfiddle.net/jiggliemon/BDEWf/2/ > > > > > > > -Chase
