Why doesn't Array.from() pass the array to the mapFn?

[the kojoman]

Thanks for the clarification. I thought the mapping was applied afterwards.

I would still argue that it would be better to skip it all together than
having it and not working like the existing map function.
So Array.from(array-like).map(mapFn) is the way to go then?
ons 3 maj 2017 kl. 13:06 skrev T.J. Crowder <tj.crowder at farsightsoftware.com
>:

> `Array.prototype.map` doesn't pass a reference to the *newly-created*
> array either. The third argument `Array.prototype.map` passes the mapping
> function is a reference to the *existing* array, not the new one. With
> `Array.from`, there is no existing array to pass.
>
> Not having the mapping functions (either of them) get a reference to the
> array being constructed avoids an entire class of errors caused by the
> mapping function modifying the array as it's being constructed.
>
> -- T.J. Crowder
>
> On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 11:50 AM, the kojoman <kojoman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Array.map(mapFn) calls the mapFn(v,i,a) passing the currentValue,
>> currentIndex and the array it is iterating over as arguments.
>> I was happy to find out about Array.from(itterable, mapFn, thisArg), but
>> unfortunately, the mapping didn't work as expected.
>> It seems, Array.from doesn't pass in the newly created array to the
>> mapFn. Why is that?
>>
>> For instance I was expecting Array.from("aabc", (v,i,a) => { if(a[i] ===
>> a[i-1]) a.splice(i,1) }) to evaluate to ["a","b","c"], but a is undefined.
>> Is there a reason why the mapFn isn't called the same way as an Array.map
>> function is?
>> -John
>>
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