String.prototype.repeat

[Dmitry A. Soshnikov]

On 24.03.2011 0:44, Brendan Eich wrote:
> On Mar 23, 2011, at 12:57 PM, Dmitry A. Soshnikov wrote:
>
>> Yep, I see. Btw, JFTR: such a mistake currently is in this strawman 
>> http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=strawman:shorter_function_syntax:
>>
>> let randomArray = Array(10).map(#{Math.random()});
>
> Fixed, in a cheezy but I hope clear fashion.
>

Yep, it's OK now; and this `NonHoleyArray` abstraction is also 
interesting. Meanwhile it's an abstraction, such a thing can be needed. 
And from this viewpoint I can imagine the same `fill` or `init` method, 
but which can accept not only the number of elements and the direct 
value for each element, but also a fill-function (indirect value). Then 
the user can do it in one pass then. E.g.:

Array.fill(5, 0); // [0, 0, 0, 0]

Array.fill(5, #{Math.random()}); [0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1, 0]

Dmitry.

> /be
>
>> it's better to fix the doc.
>>
>> Dmitry.
>>
>>>> the answer is known of course (there's no any property in the 
>>>> created array), but similary to your String(n, '*'), there can be 
>>>> also Array.fill(100, 0); or Array.init(100, 0);
>>>>
>>>> P.S.: though, of course all these can be done manually in ES itself.
>>> Of course and these cases do not happen once a day. However, when 
>>> they happen, it's convenient if the language offers a native construct.
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dmitry.
>>>>
>>>>> In ES5, the String constructors (String and new String) both are 
>>>>> expected to be used with zero or one argument, so using a two 
>>>>> argument constructor should not break the web or people's 
>>>>> expectations.
>>>>>
>>>>> David
>>>
>>
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