June 20, 2018
arraynew[type](params) vs object[method](params)
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June 20, 2018
arraynew[type](params) vs object[method](params)
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Hi all,

Aether has 3 typed-array creation syntaxes:
1) ArrayNew(dataType=____)
2) [dataType][]
3) ArrayNew[dataType](params)

Long-time community ask is for method invocation syntax object[method](params). See its conflict w/ #3? Lucee isn’t implementing #3 b/c it conflicts w/ their object[method](params) support.

Proposal: A) Remove #3 or B ) replace it w/ ArrayNew(dimension[, dataType])

Possible conflicts:
1) ArrayNew(dimension[, dataType]) conflicts w/ ArrayNew(dimension[, isSynchronized]) if dataType is a CFC named true.cfc or no.cfc, for example
2) object[method](params) conflicts w/ ArrayNew[dataType](params) if object is a CFC named arraynew.cfc

Both conflicts should be considered equally.

If ArrayNew[dataType](params) cannot be changed to ArrayNew(dimension[, dataType]) due to conflict #1, then ArrayNew[dataType](params) should not be introduced due to conflict #2.

Thus, preferred proposal is A. I filed this as https://tracker.adobe.com/#/view/CF-4202139 which Adobe closed without comment.

Thoughts? Explanation, Adobe?

Thanks!,
-Aaron

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2018-06-27 00:01:08
2018-06-27 00:01:08

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2018-06-20 09:26:50
2018-06-20 09:26:50

Hi Kama,

That’s a good point. I agree `isSynchronized` would need required if `dataType` was specified using positional parameters.

Thanks!,
-Aaron

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2018-06-19 19:48:22
2018-06-19 19:48:22

I agree that #3 is unnecessary new syntax. I’m not sure why you propose ArrayNew(dimension[, dataType]). What’s wrong with adding a third parameter? It doesn’t make sense to me that isSynchronized and dataType would be mutually exclusive.

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2018-06-19 16:25:14
2018-06-19 16:25:14

I thought that ArrayNew[dataType](params) is just a strange way of doing things. I can’t think of any other BIF that has this syntax

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