Izador, by your logic shouldn't all static methods should be up-cased - Math.random, String.fromCharCode, Date.now, etc? They are all unique and, for all intents and purposes, canonical.
Or to put it another way, what is the difference between "f(x) = x" and "f(x) = x+1"... why would the former be up-cased, but not the latter? My vote goes to lower-case. It's easier to type, and I don't see enough of a distinction to warrant special casing. - rwk On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:33 AM, Izidor Jerebic <ij.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 21.10.2009, at 14:38, joneff wrote: > > > Actually, from your point of view each > > unique function (a function that returns different result for > > different argument) should be considered constant function since there > > is only one way to get the result. > > This is true. Value of a function 'f' is not its return value (there > is none without parameter), but the code which defines its behaviour. > You can do alert( f ) to see how javascript treats function values. > > > > > To me a constant function is f(x) = x^0, since it's always equal to 1. > > This is a function which returns constant value (constant in space of > floating point values). The return value is not the value of function > in function space, the value in function space is the code which > defines its behaviour. And in this space IDENTITY is constant - there > is only one. > > alert( Funtion.IDENTITY ) shows you the value, and this value is > constant in space of function values. This is one special function > value - it corresponds to function which returns its parameter, and > because of that this constant value deserves a name (unlike other > constant function values, for which we do not have a name). > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
