A Guarded Conversion Is Refused

Status: refused by design

Number?.(x) is not FunctionalScript. Number?.(x) is valid JavaScript, and fjs compile refuses it by design: the demo below shows what it prints.

?.( calls a value unless it is null or undefined. A conversion is an operator, not a value, so it has no nullishness to guard, and Number?.(x) is refused at the word. The conversion is written Number(x).

The row op.guarded-conversion of refused constructs registers the refusal, and operators and functions gives its reason.

Examples

export default Number?.("1");

The demo on this page compiles sample.mjs, the module above, with this build's fjs compile, and shows the line it prints and the token it refuses. Below that it shows what JavaScript answers for the same module: 1.

What to Write Instead

Write the conversion without the guard, as alternative.f.js does:

export default Number("1");

It answers 1.

A Better Message

Today fjs compile prints reserved word at the refused token. The demo proposes what it should print instead: the reason at the same token, what JavaScript does there, and the allowed spelling, the line alternative.f.js writes, as help. The page compiles the alternative too, so the suggestion is one the compiler accepts.

Reference

Demo

Not allowed in FunctionalScript

This is valid JavaScript, and fjs compile refuses it, by design: it is not a FunctionalScript module.

What fjs compile sample.mjs output.js prints:

sample.mjs:1:16 - error: reserved word
1 | export default Number?.("1");
  |                ^

What it should print instead, pointing to what FunctionalScript allows (proposed):

sample.mjs:1:16 - error: `Number` is a conversion, not a value: there is nothing to guard
1 | export default Number?.("1");
  |                ^^^^^^ JavaScript checks the global `Number` for `null` here
  = help: write the conversion without the guard:
          export default Number("1");
  = note: refused by design, see spec/conversions/guarded/README.md

JavaScript source, sample.mjs:

export default Number?.("1");

What JavaScript answers for the same module, its default export:

1

What to write instead

The FunctionalScript spelling, alternative.f.js:

/**
 * The FunctionalScript spelling of [`sample.mjs`](./sample.mjs): the conversion, unguarded
 * ([`README.md`](./README.md)).
 *
 * @module
 */

export default Number("1");

What fjs compile alternative.f.js output.js writes:

export default Number("1");

What it answers, its default export:

1

Emergent Testing

Idle. Press Run to start the suite.

  • ./proof.f.mjs