On Friday, December 28, 2012, greelgorke wrote: > look further, there is more than just isArray. AND underscore falls back > to native implementations, if any present. and it's just it: same interface > for every plattform.
Yes, I'm very aware of underscore, thank you. I don't believe in adding a full on library for the sake of using a single function that language already offers natively. Furthermore, underscore has a nasty history of not correctly matching native implementations, so lucky you: same API, different behaviour. The only platforms that don't support Array.isArray are old IEs. Rick > Am Freitag, 28. Dezember 2012 22:31:28 UTC+1 schrieb Rick Waldron: > > > > On Friday, December 28, 2012, greelgorke wrote: > > psst.. i heard underscore have some cool tools for the typeof pain, like > http://underscorejs.org/#**isArray <http://underscorejs.org/#isArray> > > > *facepalm* > > Really? On a platform that supports Array.isArray built-in? > > Rick > > > > Am Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012 22:32:03 UTC+1 schrieb Mark Hahn: > > > what sort of program scenarios you've found yourself in where > instanceof was the "go to" solution > > I use typeof a lot, but instanceof not so often. I sometimes use > instanceof Array when I don't have a helper around for that. > > I've just started a module for use in node and the client that "fixes" > these as much as possible. It is annoying when I get an error just > because of lack of camelCasing. My mind isn't good at remembering > minor things. > > Does anyone know how I could fix typeof in node? I can see how to do > it in the client. Luckily I'm using coffeescript so making typeOf a > function will be used like `typeOf x` and it will look the same as > typeof `x`. > > > Completely irrelevant to the discussion... > > What is irrelevant? > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Rick Waldron <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Inline... > > > > > > On Thursday, December 27, 2012, Mark Hahn wrote: > >> > >> Why not also allow readDir? It would cause no harm to do so. > >> > >> This isn't node, but what also bugs me is typeof and instanceof. I > >> cringe every time I type them. > > > > > > Completely irrelevant to the discussion... but you have my attention > now—I'm > > curious to know what sort of program scenarios you've found yourself in > > where instanceof was the "go to" solution (but painful to use?), aside > from > > useful type checking (types as in "object types", not as in > "data-types"). > > If you want to know if x has Foo constructor in its prototype chain, > > instanceof has you covered. > > > > Rick > > > > > >> > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 11:47 AM, David Habereder > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > That clears that up. Thanks. > >> > > >> > Am Donnerstag, 27. Dezember 2012 20:36:30 UTC+1 schrieb Matt > Sergeant: > >> >> > >> >> I think you'll likely find where it isn't the case (such as readdir) > >> >> the > >> >> name comes from the POSIX function name. There's no readfile > function > >> >> in > >> >> POSIX, but there is readdir(). The only other case seems to be > >> >> readlink, > >> >> which is the same issue. > >> >> > >> >> http://linux.die.net/man/2/**rea**ddir<http://linux.die.net/man/2/readdir> > >> >> http://linux.die.net/man/2/**rea**dlink<http://linux.die.net/man/2/readlink> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 1:02 PM, David Habereder < > [email protected]> > >> >> wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> Hi, > >> >>> > >> >>> I am quite new to node.js. > >> >>> > >> >>> As far as I can see the method names aren't very consistent. Take > the > >> >>> methods from File System for example: http://nodejs.org/api/fs.html > >> >>> It is ".readFile" (Camelcase) > >> >>> But it is ".readdir" (all lowercase) > >> >>> > >> >>> There are a few more such cases where I don't see a pattern when > >> >>> camelcase is used and when not. > >> >>> > >> >>> You could say that this is absolutely irrelevant and you would be > >> >>> right. > >> >>> But it annoys me :-( > >> >>> And it reminds me of PHP syntax garbage. > >> >>> > >> >>> Is there any interest in getting all method names either camelcase > or > >> > > > -- 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
