Set constructor arguments

[Axel Rauschmayer]

True. Assuming that the spread operator works on any iterable, it is also the same as
new Set(...iterable)

On Feb 13, 2012, at 10:14 , Andrea Giammarchi wrote:

> Set.fromIterable() as factory is basically same as 
> 
> var s = Set.apply(null, ['alpha', 'beta']);
> 
> since as it is for all native functions the constructor is a factory itself and no need to "new"
> 
> my 2 cents,
>    br
> 
> On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:01 AM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de> wrote:
> My suspicion: All these features make sense for the full-blown collections API, but for sets I’m not sure at which point they wouldn’t be “simple”, any more.
> 
> Oliver Hunt makes a good case: “With the existence of the spread operator I think that there's a good
> argument in favour of the multiple parameters approach.”
> 
> An additional option is to introduce a “static” factory method: Set.fromIterable().
> 
> 
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 4:29 , Michael A. Smith wrote:
> 
>> …But we wouldn't want to require the arguments to the set constructor
>> to require instantiation itself/themselves, right? If a set has to be
>> constructed with an Iterable, and cannot (also) be constructed with
>> individual atoms, then you'll end up with use cases like Set(['foo',
>> 'bar', 'baz']), which requires two constructions, one of which is
>> essentially a waste. If allowing both forms of the constructor is
>> distasteful, then why not just go with the multiple parameters,
>> approach, and implement toSet() as a method on appropriate Iterables?
>> 
>> -Michael A. Smith
>> 
>> On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Erik Arvidsson
>> <erik.arvidsson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> The default argument should probably just be an iterable.
>>> 
>>> On Feb 12, 2012 4:50 PM, "Oliver Hunt" <oliver at apple.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I saw a reference to it being modified to take an array(-like?) as a
>>>> parameter.  While I can see an argument in favour of a single array argument
>>>> I can also see using a set of parameters that initially populate the set.
>>>>  We just shouldn't allow both (and introduce another version of the horror
>>>> that is the Array constructor).
>>>> 
>>>> With the existence of the spread operator I think that there's a good
>>>> argument in favour of the multiple parameters approach.
> 
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