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> Javascript is dynamic enough there is absolutely no need for Macros. TypeScript macroses would be very useful for the same things codegenerators are useful:
by ivxvm 3y ago
> Javascript is dynamic enough there is absolutely no need for Macros.
TypeScript macroses would be very useful for the same things codegenerators are useful: for example generating api client from swagger schema. Ofc you can do some trickery with metaprogramming, for example build and eval strings on fly and the result could be a dynamically generated function, but the point is: we want the process and the result to be typesafe and efficient, which is what is missing with hacky dynamic metaprogramming approaches.
- throw_m239339 3y agoA swagger schema looks like YAML with a finite set of types. I don't see why you'd need to use eval in that case when from one hand you already have the schema in a javascript object and the other hand a simple builder pattern would build your API directly from that schema. Absolutely no need for macros.
- eropple 3y agoGenerally speaking, because it would be very nice to have types without having to do offline code generation.