Le 10/07/2011 12:06, Dmitry A. Soshnikov a écrit :
> (...)
>
> Another thing to consider is `Array.prototype.fill` method which we
> discussed before.
>
> The problem:
>
> Array(4).map(function(x) x * x); // [NaN, NaN, NaN, NaN]
>
> (by the way, this mistaken example is still mentioned in this document
> http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:shorter_function_syntax,
> in the "Alternate Syntax Proposals" section, though, is fixed in the
> main section with `let randomArray =
> NonHoleyArray(10).map(#{Math.random()});` when was mentioned before).
>
> The solution:
>
> // fill with a simple value
>
> Array(4).fill(true); // [true, true, true, true]
>
> // fill with a function in needed context of this
>
> let object = {data: 4};
> Array(3).fill(-> if this.data > 3 { 'accepted' } else {'declined' },
> object);
What is Array(9).fill(function(){})?
An array filled with 9 "undefined"?
An array filled with 9 (no-op) functions?
9 undefined according to the implementation you provided.
I think it should be 9 functions. Another syntax should be provided to
generate values with a function. Maybe:
Array.generate(count, fillerFunction/*throws a TypeError if not
callable*/, thisArg)
(call "count" times fillerFunction.bind(thisArg) and return value of
i-th call is [[Put]] as i-th element of the array)
Array.fill could be implemented as:
Array.fill = function(c, v){
  return Array.generate(c, (-> v) );
};


> (...)
>
> Also class-method Array.fill(count, filler) can be considered.
Since .fill seems to be intended for initialization, I would tend to be
in favor of an Array.fill method rather than Array.prototype.fill. But a
Array.fill syntax would prevent from choosing the prototype.

Maybe harmony:array_comprehensions could be enhanced to support array
generation?
Since I'm not familiar with the proposal, I won't try to play with the
grammar, but it sounds like the right place to suggest initialization
syntax. And it would solve the prototype issue in combination with the
proto operator:
myProto <| [/*my syntax generating an array of 1000 elements*/]

David
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