JavaScript 1.7 Pseudo-Strict Typing

strict-typing-examples.js

// assignment in function parameters
function sum1 ({Array: numbers}) {
	let total = 0; // let {Number: total} = 0; would also be fine
	let i = numbers.length;
	
	while (i--) {
		let {Number: n} = numbers[i];
		total += n;
	}
	
	return total;
}

function sum2 ({any: numbers, length: {int: i}}) {
	let total = 0;
	
	while (i--) {
		let {Number: n} = numbers[i];
		total += n;
	}
	
	return total;
}

// assignment in function body
function sum3 (arr) {
	let {Array: numbers, length: i} = arr,
	total = 0;
	
	while (i--) {
		let {Number: n} = numbers[i];
		total += n;
	}
	
	return total;
}

// generic named variables
function sum4 ({Array, length}) {
	let total = 0;
	
	while (length--) {
		let {Number} = Array[length];
		total += Number;
	}
	
	return total;
}

function FakeArray() {
	for (let [i, val] in new Iterator(arguments)) {
		// Yes, this loop won't include inherited properties
		this[i] = val;
	}
	
	this.length = arguments.length;
};

// shell session:

js> sum1([2, 3, 4])
9

js> sum1(new FakeArray(2, 3, 4))
TypeError: Expected Array

js> sum2([2, 3, 4])
9

js> sum2(new FakeArray(2, 3, 4))
9

js> var numbers = new FakeArray(2, 3, 4)
js> numbers.length = 3.1
js> sum2(numbers)
TypeError: Expected int

js> sum1([2, "3", 4])
TypeError: Expected Number

// made this example before I knew about JS typed arrays
self.Object.defineTypeCheck("IntArray", function ({Array}) {
	try {
		return Array.every(function({int}) true);
	} catch (ex if ex instanceof TypeError) {
		return false;
	}
});

js> var {IntArray: ia} = [1, 2, 3, 4];

self.Object.defineTypeCheck("jQuery", function (obj)
	obj instanceof self.jQuery.fn.init
);

js> var {jQuery: divs} = $("div");

// $ alias to jQuery
self.Object.defineTypeCheck("$", function ({jQuery}) true);

js> var {$: divs} = $("div");

// # alias to Number
self.Object.defineTypeCheck("#", function ({Number}) true);

js> function square ({"#": n}) n * n;

// deleting types
self.Object.deleteTypeCheck("$");

// byte string type
self.Object.defineTypeCheck("ByteString", function ({String}) {
	try {
		decodeURIComponent(escape(String));
	} catch (ex if ex instanceof URIError) {
		return false;
	}
	return true;
})

var {ByteString: bytes} = "abc\u1234"; // error (U+1234 exceeds one octet)
var {ByteString: bytes} = "abc";

strict-typing.js

"use strict";

if (typeof self.Object.defineTypeCheck !== "function") {
	let
		  OCtr = self.Object
		, ACtr = self.Array
		, types = (
			  "Boolean Date Error Function JSON Math Number Object RegExp String" // Base types
			+ "Blob ArrayBuffer DataView Int8Array Int16Array Int32Array Uint8Array Uint16Array Uint32Array Float32Array Float64Array" // Typed array stuff
			+ "DOMException Node NodeList DOMTokenList Element Element Attr Text Entity EntityReference Range TreeWalker NodeIterator XPathExpression XPathResult Comment ProcessingInstruction CDATASection CSSStyleSheet Document DocumentType DocumentFragment Event" // some base DOM types
		).split(" ")
		, i = types.length
		, defineTypeCheck = function (type, check)
			OCtr.defineTypeCheck(type, check)
	;
	
	OCtr.defineTypeCheck = function (type, check) {
		this.defineProperty(this.prototype, type, {
			  get: function () {
				if (check(this)) {
					return this;
				} else {
					throw new TypeError("Expected " + type);
				}
			}
			, enumerable: false
			, configurable: true
		});
	};
	
	OCtr.deleteTypeCheck = function (type)
		delete this.prototype[type]
	;
	
	if (typeof ACtr.isArray === "function") {
		defineTypeCheck("Array", function (array)
			ACtr.isArray(array)
		);
	} else {
		i = types.push("Array");
	}
	
	while (i--) {
		let type = types[i];
		defineTypeCheck(type, function (object)
			OCtr.prototype.toString.call(object) === "[object " + type + "]"
		);
	}
	
	// Implementable ECMAScript Harmony types:
	
	defineTypeCheck("int", function ({Number})
		Number % 1 === 0
	);
	
	defineTypeCheck("uint", function ({int})
		int >= 0
	);
	
	defineTypeCheck("byte", function ({uint})
		uint <= 0xFF
	);
	
	defineTypeCheck("float", function ({Number})
		true
	);
	
	defineTypeCheck("boolean", function ({Boolean})
		true
	);
	
	// "any" type
	defineTypeCheck("*", function ()
		true
	);
	
	// Alias for the "any" type that doesn't require being quoted
	defineTypeCheck("any", function ()
		true
	);
}