DMdmitriid·Feb 20, 2019
Problem is, they are very messy in JS. They are a bad thin non-fitting abstraction over JS prototypes.
People keep trying to fix them: https://github.com/andreypopp/autobind-decorator
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autobind-decorator
Decorator to automatically bind methods to class instances
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Decorator to automatically bind methods to class instances
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One problem with using fat arrow syntax like this is the method is no longer attached to the prototype so it's not shared across all instances and is less memory efficient. It…
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Jun 2017 | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Jul 2017 | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2017 | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2017 | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2017 | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2017 | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2017 | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Feb 2018 | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2018 | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2018 | 2018-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| May 2018 | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2018 | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2018 | 2018-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2018 | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 2018 | 2018-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2018 | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2018 | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec 2018 | 2018-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2019 | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
What Hacker News says
4 sourcesMy favourite solution so far is the @autobind decorator. It's far from native yet, though. And of course, enters the newer decorators feature which drifts ever closer to Java-like syntax to some peoples' chagrin.
https://github.com/andreypopp/autobind-decorator
In JavaScript: prototype vs. classI don't really work in Polymer (usually React) but just the same you might appreciate my favourite and most-abused decorator:
https://github.com/andreypopp/autobind-decorator
In Polymer 2.4: Paving the way for 3.0 and TypeScript supportOne problem with using fat arrow syntax like this is the method is no longer attached to the prototype so it's not shared across all instances and is less memory efficient. It also doesn't work well with React HMR if you're using that. If you can use decorators I highly recommend autobind-decorator: https://github.com/andreypopp/autobind-decorator
Also I think you're using a TypeScript-specific `private` syntax there which likely changes the runtime semantics so my comment really only applies if you don't use that.
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