On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Kevin Smith <zenparsing at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> This is trivial with Symbols:
>>
>> let shuffle = Symbol();
>>
>> Array.prototype[shuffle] = function() {...};
>>
>>
>> Only code that has access to the `shuffle` symbol may use the method:
>>
>> let shuffled = array[shuffle]();
>>
>
> Unfortunately, such a construction will fail in a multi-realm (i.e. multiple
> frames) environment.
That's what the symbol registry will solve, though.
domenic at domenicdenicola.com (2013-10-28T14:57:41.931Z)
That's what the symbol registry will solve, though.
On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 6:45 PM, Kevin Smith <zenparsing at gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> This is trivial with Symbols: >> >> let shuffle = Symbol(); >> >> Array.prototype[shuffle] = function() {...}; >> >> >> Only code that has access to the `shuffle` symbol may use the method: >> >> let shuffled = array[shuffle](); >> > > Unfortunately, such a construction will fail in a multi-realm (i.e. multiple > frames) environment. That's what the symbol registry will solve, though.