Metaprogramming: An Introduction to JavaScript (ES6) Proxy

Re:Metaprogramming: An Introduction to JavaScript (ES6) Proxy by quelltext on Thursday June 13, 2019 @06:40AM (#20173431)

I wouldn't exactly call Proxies metaprogramming. It's not wrong but it's just not the best example of what metaprogramming is.

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Re:Metaprogramming: An Introduction to JavaScript (ES6) Proxy by atapas on Sunday June 16, 2019 @01:59AM (#20194062)

If I understood correctly, The Reflection part of the Metaprogramming can be broken further into multiple parts like, - Introspection: Code is able to inspect itself - Self-Modification - Intercession: Acting behalf of somebody else

To me, Proxy is more into the category of 'Intercession', isn't it?

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Re:Metaprogramming: An Introduction to JavaScript (ES6) Proxy by yvdriess on Thursday June 13, 2019 @08:02AM (#20173899)

Proxies trace back their origin in mirrors/mirages in metaprogramming for OO languages. (shoutout to AmbientTalk) It's a very Smalltalk way of doing reflection and intersection.

Do you mean that it lacks syntactic abstractions to be called metaprogramming?

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Re:Metaprogramming: An Introduction to JavaScript (ES6) Proxy by quelltext on Tuesday June 18, 2019 @07:10AM (#20211685)

The author mentioned that metaprogramming is treating "code as data" which Proxies themselves don't really do.

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