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class BaseFunction {
  static #allowInstantiation = false;

  constructor(...args) {
    if (!BaseFunction.#allowInstantiation) {
      throw new Error(
        "Why are you trying to use 'new'? Classes are so 2015! Use our fancy 'run' method instead!"
      );
    }
    for (const [name, validator] of this.parameters()) {
      this[name] = validator(args.shift());
    }
  }

  parameters() {
    return [];
  }

  body() {
    return undefined;
  }

  static run(...args) {
    BaseFunction.#allowInstantiation = true;
    const instance = new this(...args);
    BaseFunction.#allowInstantiation = false;
    return instance.body();
  }
}

class Add extends BaseFunction {
  parameters() {
    return [
      ["a", (x) => Number(x)],
      ["b", (x) => Number(x)],
    ];
  }

  body() {
    return this.a + this.b;
  }
}

console.log(Add.run(5, 3)); // 8



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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 month ago

OP, what's your address? I have a "present" for you

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A true FP programmer would make it apply instead of run...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Ahem, map...

And, of course, everything is a lazy list even if the functions can't handle more than one element in each list.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yep, some code examples from the official documentation. This:

printPersons(
    roster,
    (Person p) -> p.getGender() == Person.Sex.MALE
        && p.getAge() >= 18
        && p.getAge() <= 25
);

...is syntactic sugar for this:

interface CheckPerson {
    boolean test(Person p);
}

printPersons(
    roster,
    new CheckPerson() {
        public boolean test(Person p) {
            return p.getGender() == Person.Sex.MALE
                && p.getAge() >= 18
                && p.getAge() <= 25;
        }
    }
);

...which is syntactic sugar for this:

interface CheckPerson {
    boolean test(Person p);
}

class CheckPersonEligibleForSelectiveService implements CheckPerson {
    public boolean test(Person p) {
        return p.gender == Person.Sex.MALE &&
            p.getAge() >= 18 &&
            p.getAge() <= 25;
    }
}

printPersons(roster, new CheckPersonEligibleForSelectiveService());

The printPersons function looks like this:

public static void printPersons(List<Person> roster, CheckPerson tester) {
    for (Person p : roster) {
        if (tester.test(p)) {
            p.printPerson();
        }
    }
}

Basically, if you accept a parameter that implements an interface with only one method (CheckPerson), then your caller can provide you an object like that by using the lambda syntax from the first example.

They had to retrofit lambdas into the language, and they sure chose the one hammer that the language has.

Source: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/lambdaexpressions.html

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

That's not quite right. In bytecode, lambdas are significantly more efficient than anonymous class instances. So while the lambda implementation is semantically equivalent, characterizing it like you have is reductive and a bit misleading.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Hence, Clojure. It's not just functions that implement IFn... as the string of "cannot cast to clojure.lang.IFn" errors that I get because I couldn't be bothered to validate my data's shape is eager to inform me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Golang also does this, but it's not classes.

[–] firelizzard 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Golang uses modules, not classes. Each of which may have its own main function.

[–] firelizzard 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh? Main file? Do you mean main package? A module can contain an arbitrary number of main packages but I don’t see how that has anything to do with this post. Also are you saying modules are equivalent to classes? That may be the strangest take I’ve ever heard about Go.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I meant main function. Oops

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago

validators is a shitty name for something that actually does type conversion.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Dont look at C++ with std:: function

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

JS disgusts me

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

This should be programmer horror

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That'll be fun in a multi threaded setting!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What theme are you using, i like it!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Looks like Catppuccin Mocha

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Actually now that check it again its not quite right for mocha. But it's close!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You're right, the background is too dark. Probably crust instead of base. Maybe it was customised or created improperly.
But I'm fairly confident that the palette is Catppuccin, probably Mocha.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I can confirm it's Catppuccin Mocha. I am not currently aware of the background color issue, but I'll look into the matter soon. Thanks for letting me know. Also how dare you. But thanks.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The background is most likely a color that is in the Mocha palette, just one that is intended for dark accents, not regular background.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Amazing, lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I've seen something similar to this at work. Horrible.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I think that's called a functor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

"Why are you trying to use 'new'? Classes are so 2015! [...]"

Uses new to throw error

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Oh sweet caffeine, race conditions in the constructor