Re: Objects comparaison ?

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Andreas Bergmaier wrote:

> John G Harris schrieb:
>> On Sun, 16 Oct 2011 at 21:59:39, in comp.lang.javascript, Thomas
>> 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>>   Object.equals = function(obj1, obj2) {...}
>>
>> Attaching a global function (note it has two parameters) to Object is a
>> very bad idea.
> 
> Why that? I'd say it just belongs to there as other Object methods (like
> keys() oder defineProperty(), see
> 
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object#Methods).

The risk involved is that Object.equals() could be specified as a built-in 
later, maybe differently, and implemented.  It might or might not be 
specified as read-only then, and if not, this would overwrite the built-in 
definition.

Once specified and not implemented, however, such properties should be safe 
to be added like that, so that the efficiency of the native code can be 
leveraged without having to change the calling code.  It requires the user-
defined fallback to follow the Specification literally, though.

> And what do you mean with "it has parameters"? Attaching a function
> without parameters, or attaching a non-function property would be OK?

He is confusing this with Object.prototype.equals(obj1, obj2), which would 
be a rather bad idea indeed, for two reasons:

First, it would show up in for-in iteration as it would be enumerable (and 
it remains to be seen how widely Object.defineProperty() is implemented, so 
that this can be prevented).

Second, the conflict between the `this' value and one of the arguments needs 
to be resolved: Which value refers to the object being compared against?  (I 
would opt for the second argument to override the default `this' value, so 
that it can be optional.  Cf. Array.prototype.filter(), e.g.)

PointedEars
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