Globlization and Object.system.load

[David Herman]

We intend to have a synchronous API for accessing the built-in modules (those beginning with "@" in their URL), as well as a synchronous way to access modules that have already been loaded. This went by briefly in July:

    https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-July/015929.html

I'm behind in work on fleshing out the API. I'll get back on this ASAP and update the list.

Dave

On Nov 17, 2011, at 3:23 PM, Brendan Eich wrote:

> I didn't make up load from whole cloth, there's a proposal at
> 
> http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=harmony:module_loaders
> 
> Module people should weigh in.
> 
> /be
> 
> 
> On Nov 17, 2011, at 3:08 PM, Roozbeh Pournader wrote:
> 
>> I was talking with Nebojša about the Object.system.load interface for
>> loading globalization, thinking from the user side.
>> 
>> Brendan's email suggested something like this:
>> 
>> Object.system.load = function(name, callback) {
>> if (name === '@g11n') {
>>   callback(v8Locale);
>> }
>> };
>> 
>> That would make something like this the minimum code needed to use the module:
>> 
>> var g11n;
>> Object.system.load("@g11n", function (g11n_module) {
>>  g11n = g11n_module;
>> });
>> 
>> What if we define load to be something like the following?
>> 
>> Object.system.load = function(name, callback) {
>> if (name === '@g11n') {
>>   if (callback) {
>>     callback(v8Locale);
>>   } else {
>>     return v8Locale;
>>   }
>> }
>> };
>> 
>> That way, a user who can afford the delay, or know that this is
>> immediate in Chrome, can simply do:
>> 
>> var g11n = Object.system.load("@g11n");
>> 
>> While the users who want the callback, can call it using the proper method.
>> 
>> Roozbeh
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