domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2014-01-03T16:42:19.161Z)
Yes, as a developer (but not English native speaker), I really feel uncomfortable with the name “of”. Considering we already have - `Object.create` - `String.fromCharCode` To keep align with them, I belive “create” or “fromElements” might be better choices.
Yes, as a developer (but not English native speaker), I really feel uncomfortable with the name “of”. Considering we already have Object.create String.fromCharCode To keep align with them, I belive “create” or “fromElements” might be better choices. 2012/8/27 Shijun He <hax.sfo at gmail.com>: > See the screenshots for the "array of" search suggestion in search engine. > As a non-English native speaker, I'd like to say the search suggestion > of "array of" in non-english languages seems most come from the > programmers' input, so it shows how worldwide programmers think what > "array of" means ;) > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Matthew Robb <matthewwrobb at gmail.com> wrote: >> 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: >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, August 26, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Brendan Eich wrote: >>> >>> Rick Waldron wrote: >>> >>> But Array.of is not. Maybe Array.new is a good name. >>> >>> Array.of is unambiguous with the current ES specification >>> >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> Nor do I, but I think it poses a problem for polyfilling (which is not a >>> silver bullet). >>> >>> +1 Array.new, but I still think Array.of sounds, feels and looks nicer >>> >>> Rick >>> >>> Cc'ing Dave for his thoughts. >>> >>> /be >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> es-discuss mailing list >>> es-discuss at mozilla.org >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss at mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >