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My JS knowledge isn't great. In python, I can do operator overloading such that `obj[item] = value` does something completely different than assignment. Is that
by bcj 12y ago
My JS knowledge isn't great. In python, I can do operator overloading such that `obj[item] = value` does something completely different than assignment. Is that possible with JavaScript?
- jonpacker 12y agoYou can set a custom getters and setters, but I wouldn't call it operator overloading. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/defineProperty https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe... So... > var x = {} > Object.defineProperty(x, 'value', { get: function() { return 1 }, set: function() { console.log('set') } }) > x.value 1 > x.value = 2 set > x.value 1