KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience

Re:KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience by chowells on Sunday March 20, 2016 @11:49AM (#11323345)

That solution doesn't cast javascript in a positive light.

Why should you need to know that much about the guts of the language just to create an associative array that works properly?

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Re:KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience by joshuacc on Sunday March 20, 2016 @12:11PM (#11323421)

JavaScript objects aren't associative arrays. They inherit property values from their prototype. Not just __proto__, but hasOwnProperty, etc. If you want to abuse objects in this way, it makes sense that you need a special approach to opt out of inheritance.

A better approach is to just use Map.

var m = new Map();

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Re:KindScript – A kinder JavaScript experience by amelius on Sunday March 20, 2016 @01:04PM (#11323632)

It would have been so much better if inheritance was opt-in rather than opt-out.

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