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Wilfred Hughes

May 28, 2017 at 21:12

Experimenting with Mirrors for JavaScript https://www.wirfs-brock.com/allen/posts/228 A great introduction to mirrors and the reflection problems they solve.

Experimenting with Mirrors for JavaScript

Experimenting with Mirrors for JavaScript

A common capability of many dynamic languages, such as JavaScript, is the ability of a program to inspect and modify its own structure. This capability is generally called reflection. Examples of reflective capabilities of JavaScript include things like the hasOwnProperty and isPrototypeOf methods