Wouldn't this also constitute the same unnecessary bloat that people use
constantly?
// NOTE: These type checking functions intentionally don't use `instanceof`
// because it is fragile and can be easily faked with `Object.create()`.
function isArray(ar) {
return Array.isArray(ar) ||
(typeof ar === 'object' && objectToString(ar) === '[object
Array]');
}
exports.isArray = isArray;
function isRegExp(re) {
return typeof re === 'object' && objectToString(re) === '[object RegExp]';
}
exports.isRegExp = isRegExp;
function isDate(d) {
return typeof d === 'object' && objectToString(d) === '[object Date]';
}
exports.isDate = isDate;
function isError(e) {
return typeof e === 'object' && objectToString(e) === '[object Error]';
}
exports.isError = isError;
exports.inherits = function(ctor, superCtor) {
ctor.super_ = superCtor;
ctor.prototype = Object.create(superCtor.prototype, {
constructor: {
value: ctor,
enumerable: false,
writable: true,
configurable: true
}
});
};
On Wednesday, May 1, 2013 12:42:12 PM UTC-4, Luke Arduini 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.
>>
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