Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript.

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From	Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk>
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Subject	Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript.
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jonas.thornvall@gmail.com writes:

> Den söndag 7 juni 2015 kl. 02:33:32 UTC+2 skrev Ben Bacarisse:
>> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) writes:
>> 
>> > Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> writes:
>> >>jonas.thornvall@gmail.com writes:
>> >>>Is it possible to create an object holding holding 1 bit, 2 bit, 3 bit
>> >>>that still can be treated as a numerical value that can be added and
>> >>>subtracted, without bit operations?
>> >>No.
>> >
>> >   An attempt at implementing an object »holding« 8 bit:
>> 
>> It seems unlikely that he meant can one store small whole numbers in
>> 64-bit floating point variables.  He's been doing that for months
>> (years?).
>> 
>> <snip>
>> -- 
>> Ben.
>
> But what is this Ben?
>
> https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures

Can you rely on Edition 6?  I may have misunderstood your goal which I
took to be a request for minimal sized objects.  If you don't mind
wasting bits, there are lots of ways to do what you ask (see other
replies prompted by my "no" reply for some examples).  But these new
types only give you another kind of container into which to pack the
data -- they don't allow you to do anything you could not do otherwise.

<snip>
-- 
Ben.

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Make own type (object) type in javascript. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-06-06 15:11 -0700
  Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-07 00:57 +0100
    Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-07 01:33 +0100
      Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-06-06 17:37 -0700
      Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-06-06 17:50 -0700
        Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-06-06 18:03 -0700
          Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-06-06 18:07 -0700
        Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2015-06-07 10:19 +0100
          Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. jonas.thornvall@gmail.com - 2015-06-07 04:09 -0700
    Re: Make own type (object) type in javascript. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-06-07 02:40 +0200

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