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Analog to Function constructor for building closures
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(function() { | |
var hasOwnProperty = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty; | |
var Function = hasOwnProperty.constructor; | |
function isIdentifier(s) { | |
return /[a-zA-Z_$][a-zA-Z_$0-9]*/.test(s); | |
} | |
Closure = function Closure(args, body, env) { | |
var closedVars = [], closedVals = []; | |
for (var key in env) { | |
if (!hasOwnProperty.call(env, key)) | |
continue; | |
if (!isIdentifier(key)) | |
throw new Error("invalid variable name: " + key); | |
closedVars.push(key); | |
closedVals.push(env[key]); | |
} | |
// validate the syntax of the body as a FunctionBody | |
(new Function(body)); | |
// validate the syntax of the formal parameters as FormalParameters | |
Function.apply(null, args); | |
// declare closed variables initialized from an array bound to `this` | |
var closeVars = "var " + closedVars.map(function(x, i) { | |
return x + " = this[" + i + "]"; | |
}).join(",") + ";"; | |
// return the function that closes over the variables | |
var returnClosure = "return function(" + args.join(",") + "){" + body + "};"; | |
closedVals.maker = new Function(closeVars + returnClosure); | |
return closedVals.maker(); | |
}; | |
Closure.prototype = Function.prototype; | |
})(); | |
var f = new Closure([], "return x + y", { x: 1, y: 77 }); | |
console.log(f()); // 78 | |
var g = new Closure(["z"], "return x + y + z", { x: 1, y: 77 }); | |
console.log(g(13)); // 91 |
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