Subj : Re: Fallback property getter in JavaScript?
To   : Lev Serebryakov
From : Brendan Eich
Date : Thu Oct 06 2005 11:29 pm

Lev Serebryakov wrote:
>  Is it possible to add to object "default property getter", which will
> be called with property name as parameter?
> 
>  For example, I want to implement object, whcih will load its
> properties from database on demand, or something like this. I don't
> want to write "object.prop( name )", I like "object[name]". Is it
> possible in pure JS with SpiderMonkey's extensions?
> 
>  Yes, I know, it is possible to implements this in C "inside"
> SpiderMonkey, but is it possible in JavaScript?


Not yet, but shaver was hacking up a patch the other week....

/be

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