Re: Advice on EventStreams vs. Observables Proposal

My understanding is that Netflix has put forward a proposal for
Observables (which would support objects) in TC39.

/ Jonas

On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 4:09 PM, Arun Ranganathan <arun@mozilla.com> wrote:
>> Currently, the evolving FileSystem API[1] makes use of a placeholder host
>> object called an EventStream[2], first proposed in a post by Tab Atkins. It
>> lacks a formal specification, though.
>>
>> The question is, where should such a concept be specified? I've tried to see
>> what became of TC39's Observables idea (which shares some naming simiilarity
>> with Object.observe(), unfortunately, but might be the logical next step for
>> ideas like EventStream), but I couldn't find anything, which leads me to
>> believe it hasn't quite made the cutting board (and I'm imagining TC39 is
>> pretty busy these days).
>>
>> There may be advantages to this being a host object, particularly since use
>> cases like the enumerate function in the FileSystem API are already early
>> adopters, even if that's wishful thinking. I'm willing to write the
>> specification for it, with semantics similar to Tab's original proposal [2]
>> (which are unlikely to stay exactly the same). But if TC39 is working on
>> something, I'd love a pointer to it, and that's why I thought I'd check in
>> with those that subscribe to this listserv.
>>
>> Feedback strongly encouraged! And I'm sorry if I've missed a TC39 proposal
>> after all; if such a thing exists, a pointer would be invaluable :)
>
> To the best of my knowledge, object-based streams aren't yet being
> worked on in TC39.  Domenic would know better, but last time I talked
> to him, he was only dealing with binary streams (the Stream
> interface).
>
> I'm very happy to help with developing a decent object-based stream
> interface, which has very different constraints than binary streams.
> A lot of work has happened in the last few years in the reactive JS
> community exploring this space, and it would be great to get something
> into JS that embodies some of these ideas.
>
> ~TJ
>

Received on Thursday, 13 November 2014 01:12:14 UTC