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Summary of JavaScript Standard Library (Stage 1...

Summary of JavaScript Standard Library (Stage 1) Proposal

Tetsuharu Ohzeki

October 09, 2019
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  1. JavaScript Standard Library • https://github.com/tc39/proposal-javascript-standard-library • Stage 1 (Oct. 9th,

    2019) • It’s still a dream, hope, glorious, and future • Authors & Champions • Michael Saboff (Apple) • Mattijs Hoitink (Apple) • Rename to builtin-module proposal?
  2. Motivation • JavaScript doesn't have standard library mechanism • Far

    from “battery included” • Developer need pay a cost to bundle libraries • download cost, parsing cost, no cache across programs, etc…
  3. Motivation • Extending builtins often almost always causes web- compat

    • @@unscopable (ES2015) • Array.prototype.contains() -> Array.prototype.includes() (ES2016) • Array.prototype.flatten() -> Array.prototype.flat() (ES2019)
  4. Scope • Define a mechanism for enabling a more extensive

    standard library in JavaScript than is currently available • What should be included in “std library”? • Not scope • Other specs will be built on this • e.g. UUID proposal
  5. Semantics • Use import statement • ModuleSpecifier starts with a

    prefix • Import {} from “<prefix>:<module_name>” • This distinguish standard libraries from user’s one
  6. Namespace Prefix • js: • import { bar } from

    “js:foo”; • Other specifications can introduce an arbitrary prefix • “node:”, “web:”, “intl:”, “device:” etc… • TC39 hosts a repository to manage them?
  7. Freezing Exports • All exported objects & classes are frozen

    • Prevents to extend by other modules • Decrease a risk of web compatibility for the future
  8. Polyfilling Use Cases • Intended only these: • Add missing

    parts of the standard library • Update incomplete implementations • Patch broken parts of the standard library • There is a rough consensus to provide polyfill mechanism • …but details are still under considerations • For web: use Import-Maps proposals?
  9. How to use from classic script? • No Proposal yet

    • By the meeting note of TC39 July 2019, there was a discussion about that it is required as a fundamental feature to support importing from classic script • No GitHub Issue? • IMO, I feel it’s better we should separate it to a new proposal • Anyhow, developer can use webpack/rollup to generate classic script instead of writing a classic script directly • Developer need a consensus to allow to transform them
  10. Relations with Web Std? • By meeting notes of TC39,

    I feel there has not been concrete consensus yet • Google vs Apple for a long time……