array like objects

[Mike Samuel]

2009/12/12 Mike Wilson <mikewse at hotmail.com>:
> David-Sarah Hopwood wrote:
>> Mark S. Miller wrote:
>> > function isArrayLike(obj) {
>> >   var len;
>> >   return !!(obj &&
>> >             typeof obj === 'object' &&
>> >             'length' in obj &&
>> >             !({}).propertyIsEnumerable.call(obj, 'length') &&
>> >             (len = obj.length) >>> 0 === len);
>> > }

Nits:

Array length is specified as being in [0, 0x8000_0000], but the range
of >>> is [0, 0x1_0000_0000).

On the String defect, we could repair that with
    && ({}).toString.call(obj) !== '[object String]'
Cons:
   An extra function call in the likely case
   Strings are arguable array-like
Pros:
   Strings are inconsistently indexable : (new String('foo'))[0] is
undefined on IE 6


>> If you want to avoid side effects:
>>
>> function isArrayLike(obj) {
>>   if (!obj || typeof obj !== 'object') return false;
>>   var desc = Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptor(obj, 'length');

What will getOwnPropertyDescriptor do for proxied arrays under the
current proxy proposal?

>>   if (desc) {
>>     var len = desc.value;
>>     return !desc.enumerable && (len === undefined || len >>>
>> 0 === len);
>>   }
>> }
>
> An advantage with Mark's code is that it doesn't rely
> on ES5 API. I think it's good to establish a standard
> for array-likeness that can be matched by ES3 code as
> well.
>
> Best regards
> Mike
>
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