Right, so util module is for internal stuff. Then it makes sense to not add stuff into it willy-nilly. Good to know.
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 1:06:51 PM UTC-4, Mikeal Rogers wrote: > > The util module is for common utilities required by *other core modules* > not utilities that are useful for node modules outside of core. > > Node core is crazy small, its not reasonable to think you can build an > application without installing additional modules with npm. Many great > utility modules exist in npm. > > Underscore is the most depended on module in npm and it includes _.clone() > which is a copy function. lodash is another module which includes all the > functionality of underscore and then some and has deep copying support > (underscore copy is shallow). > > -Mikeal > > On May 1, 2013, at 9:42AM, Luke Arduini <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > that's unnecessary bloat that can be handled fine as a module on npm. > > > On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Ilya Shaisultanov > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Why not add a way to copy objects, for example like >> SugarJS<https://github.com/andrewplummer/Sugar/blob/master/lib/object.js#L313> >> does? >> >> Util already has `inherits` helper and creating object copies is >> something that's not available natively and for newcomers there's a lot of >> gotchas, IMO, e.g. when someone tries to clone an object with nested >> properties and does a shallow clone, ending up with refs instead of copies. >> >> Having this in util would save people time and it'd be code that's >> reviewed by node maintainers (=> trustworthy). >> >> Just my 2 cents. >> >> -- >> -- >> 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]<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > -- > -- > 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] <javascript:> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <javascript:> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
