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An ES2015 spec-compliant Array.of shim. Invoke its "shim" method to shim Array.of if it is unavailable or noncompliant.
This package implements the es-shim API interface. It works in an ES3-supported environment and complies with the spec.
Most common usage:
var assert = require('assert');
var arrayOf = require('array.of');
assert.deepEqual(arrayOf(1, 2, 3), [1, 2, 3]);
if (!Array.of) {
arrayOf.shim();
}
assert.deepEqual(Array.of(1, 2, 3), [1, 2, 3]);
Simply clone the repo, npm install, and run npm test
| Mathias Bynens |
FAQs
A robust & optimized `Array.of` polyfill, based on the ECMAScript 6 specification.
The npm package array.of receives a total of 19 weekly downloads. As such, array.of popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that array.of demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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