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Dynamic Getter

Getters in ES6 are usually defined within a class like this:

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  class RandomPoint {
    get x() {
      return Math.random();
    }
    get y() {
      return Math.random();
    }
  }

In this case we use getters to make a random point:

  let pnt = new RandomPoint();
  console.log(pnt.x, pnt.y);
  // outputs something like 0.09403673512366306 0.2717692041118973

I found myself wanting to be able to dynamically define a getter. This can be done like this:

let rand = function() { return Math.random(); };
Object.defineProperties(someObj, { ['x']: { get: rand });

This is really all just sugar, but still fun stuff…

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