I agree with Rick on the general feeling with Array.of

If arguing ambiguity I would argue a better method name for type guarded
arrays would be Array.ofType


On Sun, Aug 26, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Rick Waldron <waldron.rick at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Brendan Eich wrote:
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> Rick Waldron wrote:
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> But Array.of is not. Maybe Array.new is a good name.
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> Array.of is unambiguous with the current ES specification
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>
> Array.new is ok too, though -- no problem with a reserved identifier as
> a property name. It's darn nice for Rubyists.
>
> OTOH Array.of matches the preposition pattern used in Array.from. But I
> don't think this trumps Array.new.
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>
> Nor do I, but I think it poses a problem for polyfilling (which is not a
> silver bullet).
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> +1 Array.new, but I still think Array.of sounds, feels and looks nicer
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> Rick
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> Cc'ing Dave for his thoughts.
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> /be
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I agree with Rick on the general feeling with `Array.of`

If arguing ambiguity I would argue a better method name for type guarded
arrays would be `Array.ofType`