Get and set are traditional and easy to read. On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Rick Waldron <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Nathan Rajlich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Good question. Indeed just "get" and "set" would have been fine, but >> they're also a little intrusive as names. > > > I'm not convinced that this is true ;) > > > > >> I wanted these names to be >> out of the way, kinda like __proto__. >> >> On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Rick Waldron <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > What is the significance of the dunder-bar naming? If it's numeric >> indices, >> > then "get" and "set" would work just the same... unless I'm missing >> > something? >> > >> > Rick >> > >> > On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Nathan Rajlich <[email protected] >> > >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Hey all, just wanted to throw out a new module of mine that I finished >> >> up this weekend: array-index[0]. This module makes it easy to define >> >> your own "array classes", that invoke custom accessor functions when >> >> the numerical indexes are gotten or set. >> >> >> >> I personally needed this module to implement "ref-array", which will >> >> be a module that lets you create arbitrary typed arrays backed by >> >> Buffers using the "ref" interface. Ultimately this will be sweet when >> >> using node-ffi. >> >> >> >> As a silly example, here's how you can invoke "Math.pow(2, index)" for >> >> whatever index is accessed on the "array-index" instance: >> >> >> >> var ArrayIndex = require('array-index') >> >> >> >> // let's just create a singleton instance. >> >> var a = new ArrayIndex() >> >> >> >> // the "__get__" function is invoked for each "a[n]" access. >> >> a.__get__ = Math.pow.bind(Math, 2) >> >> >> >> // you must set the "length" on each instance manually >> >> a.length = 10 >> >> >> >> console.log(a) >> >> // [ 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, __get__: [Function] ] >> >> >> >> You can probably come up with some pretty sweet use-cases for this, >> >> and let me know if you do! Cheers! >> >> >> >> [0]: https://github.com/TooTallNate/array-index >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> >> Posting guidelines: >> >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> >> [email protected] >> >> For more options, visit this group at >> >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> > Posting guidelines: >> > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "nodejs" group. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> > [email protected] >> > For more options, visit this group at >> > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> > > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
