Wow, this is a great improvement! Thank you!
On Thu, Aug 23, 2018, 6:26 PM Kris Maglione <kmagli...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> Oh, and from C++, there's also now a range iterator wrapper with
> similar semantics:
>
> for (auto& docShell : SimpleEnumerator<nsIDocShell>(docShellEnum)) {
> ...
> }
>
> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 03:19:55PM -0700, Kris Maglione wrote:
> >As of bug 1484496, any C++-implemented nsISimpleEnumertor instance can
> >be used as a JS iterator. And, when used this way, the iterators now
> >have intrinsic type information, and therefore do not require QIing
> >their elements.
> >
> >Which is to say, now you can simply do:
> >
> > for (let window of Services.wm.getEnumerator("navigator:browser")) {
> > ...;
> > }
> >
> > for (let docShell of docShellEnum) {
> > ...;
> > }
> >
> >rather than:
> >
> > let winEnum = Services.wm.getEnumerator("navigator:browser");
> > while (winEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
> > let window = winEnum.getNext();
> > ...
> > }
> >
> > while (docShellEnum.hasMoreElements()) {
> > let docShell = winEnum.getNext().QueryInterface(Ci.nsIDocShell);
> > ...
> > }
> >
> >If you happen to be using an nsIArray from directly from JavaScript,
> >you unfortunately still need to specify the expected types, since
> >nsIArray has no idea what types it can contain:
> >
> > for (let thing of array.enumerate(Ci.nsIThing)) {
> > ...
> > }
> >
> >Aside from being easier to maintain, these forms should also be
> >somewhat faster than the old protocol, since they only require one
> >XPConnect call per iteration rather than 3(+).
> >
> >-Kris
>
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