Message from JavaScript discussions

August 2017

— All the iddfs is, is an iterator

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var iterator = iddfs(subjectRoot, searchRoot);

var iteration = iterator.next();

var state = iteration.value;

— *ahem*, you're familiar with Proxy objects?

— As in new Proxy

— I haven't used them for anything

— Oh man, they let you hack into objects

— You can run functions when props are accessed, and return random stuff

— I know you can define some special behavior, yes

— I was just reading about them yesterday as a coincidence, too, haha

— I want to make a cooperative multitasking OS in node

— As part of it I want to use lots of concepts from Apple's early systems, such as an INIT/Extension that runs code at boot, which would implement a trap sometimes

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— Have you seen the talks about security through object reference?