Array.of

[Brendan Eich]

Thanks for the pointer!

I like Claude's use-case and recall Allen citing it too. So, two reasons:

1. Higher-order functional programming wants a function, not literal syntax.

2. Subclassing Array works too, thanks to ES6's class-side inheritance.

/be

> Rick Waldron <mailto:waldron.rick at gmail.com>
> March 3, 2014 at 6:09 AM
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>
> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Claude Pache <claude.pache at gmail.com 
> <mailto:claude.pache at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>
>     Le 3 mars 2014 à 04:22, Mark Volkmann <r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com
>     <mailto:r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com>> a écrit :
>
>     > What is an example of a use case where one would choose to use
>     Array.of instead of the literal array syntax?
>     >
>
>
> Back when Dave Herman and I first dreamed up Array.of, I wrote this 
> up: https://gist.github.com/rwaldron/1074126#arrayof--variable-arity-
>
> Rick
>
>
>
>     Here is one case where literal array syntax is not possible:
>
>     class ImprovedArray extends Array { ... }
>
>     let a = ImprovedArray.of( ... )
>
>     —Claude
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> Claude Pache <mailto:claude.pache at gmail.com>
> March 2, 2014 at 11:47 PM
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> Here is one case where literal array syntax is not possible:
>
> class ImprovedArray extends Array { ... }
>
> let a = ImprovedArray.of( ... )
>
> —Claude
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> Mark Volkmann <mailto:r.mark.volkmann at gmail.com>
> March 2, 2014 at 7:22 PM
> What is an example of a use case where one would choose to use 
> Array.of instead of the literal array syntax?
>
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