I think Function.identity is fine. If somebody is unsure of what it it they can check the docs.
Allen Madsen http://www.allenmadsen.com On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:22 AM, T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com> wrote: > >> Hmm, whilst technically correct, the term "identity" may not be what >> people are used to. > > Good point about it being an identity function, but agreed about > confusion. > > "passThrough"? > > -- T.J. > > On Sep 25, 8:47 am, Richard Quadling <rquadl...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> 2009/9/25 T.J. Crowder <t...@crowdersoftware.com>: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Andrew, >> >> > Make sense. Shouldn't that be Function.empty and Function.k, though, >> > to follow our naming rules? And perhaps Function.k should have a more >> > meaningful name. >> >> > -- T.J. >> >> > On Sep 25, 4:20 am, Andrew Dupont <goo...@andrewdupont.net> wrote: >> >> Unless anyone has serious objections, or has a better idea, I'm going >> >> to add these as aliases of `Prototype.emptyFunction` and >> >> `Prototype.K`, respectively. They belong better there, since in theory >> >> the `Prototype` namespace is for internal stuff, not for stuff that >> >> has value to end-user developers. >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Andrew >> >> As f(x) => x, f is an identity function. >> >> So, maybe >> >> Function.identity(x) { return x; } >> >> Hmm, whilst technically correct, the term "identity" may not be what >> people are used to. >> >> Maybe Function.AsIs() ? >> >> -- >> ----- >> Richard Quadling >> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" >> EE :http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html >> Zend Certified Engineer :http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 >> ZOPA :http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-core-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
