os1.lang.jsvar

jsvar provides a D type called var that works similarly to the same in Javascript.

It is weakly (even weaker than JS, frequently returning null rather than throwing on an invalid operation) and dynamically typed, but interops pretty easily with D itself:

var a = 10;
a ~= "20";
	assert(a == "1020");

var a = function(int b, int c) { return b+c; };
// note the second set of () is because of broken @property
assert(a()(10,20) == 30);

var a = var.emptyObject;
a.foo = 30;
assert(a["foo"] == 30);

var b = json!q{
	"foo":12,
	"bar":{"hey":[1,2,3,"lol"]}
};

assert(b.bar.hey[1] == 2);

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Members

Classes

DynamicTypeException class DynamicTypeException: Undocumented in source.
PropertyPrototype class PropertyPrototype: Undocumented in source.
PrototypeObject class PrototypeObject: Undocumented in source.
WrappedNativeObject class WrappedNativeObject: Undocumented in source.

Functions

isScriptable bool isScriptable(): Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
main void main(): Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
varArray var varArray(T t): Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
varObject var varObject(T t): Undocumented in source. Be warned that the author may not have intended to support it.
wrapNativeObject WrappedNativeObject wrapNativeObject(Class obj): Wraps a class. If you are manually managing the memory, remember the jsvar may keep a reference to the object; don't free it!
wrapNativeObject WrappedNativeObject wrapNativeObject(Struct* obj): Wraps a struct by reference. The pointer is stored - be sure the struct doesn't get freed or go out of scope!

Manifest constants

scriptable enum scriptable;: Undocumented in source.

Structs

Foop struct Foop: Undocumented in source.
var struct var

Templates

helper template helper(alias T): Undocumented in source.
json template json(string s): Undocumented in source.
makeAscii template makeAscii(): Undocumented in source.

Detailed Description

You can also use var.fromJson, a static method, to quickly and easily read json or var.toJson to write it.

Also, if you combine this with my os1.lang.script module, you get pretty easy interop with a little scripting language that resembles a cross between D and Javascript - just like you can write in D itself using this type.

Properties:

note that @property doesn't work right in D, so the opDispatch properties will require double parenthesis to call as functions.
Properties inside a var itself are set specially: obj.propName._object = new PropertyPrototype(getter, setter);

D structs can be turned to vars, but it is a copy.

Wrapping D native objects is coming later, the current ways suck. I really needed properties to do them sanely at all, and now I have it. A native wrapped object will also need to be set with _object prolly.