From dev-return-4064-apmail-couchdb-dev-archive=couchdb.apache.org@couchdb.apache.org Wed Apr 29 20:36:50 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 21743 invoked from network); 29 Apr 2009 20:36:50 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 29 Apr 2009 20:36:50 -0000 Received: (qmail 38753 invoked by uid 500); 29 Apr 2009 20:36:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 38673 invoked by uid 500); 29 Apr 2009 20:36:49 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 38663 invoked by uid 99); 29 Apr 2009 20:36:49 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:36:49 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of zachary.zolton@gmail.com designates 209.85.219.166 as permitted sender) Received: from [209.85.219.166] (HELO mail-ew0-f166.google.com) (209.85.219.166) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:36:42 +0000 Received: by ewy10 with SMTP id 10so1662998ewy.11 for ; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:36:21 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=dyGGPBY4HwDhgLBx02bF0Z+bwU1I5XnfHpmbqsjpgHg=; b=AxubNgaAO7FpCN3V76v4YAx1QQdAOZgYbF88XgX1/APSEroMHboD0Rvri95HcRvk48 0RYV/6GoYFtXFMTHamjQyke5SqfOYqLA0xwjyw+pnOIPOZKBpGdymw/EV7mBZZ7JePFH 57Ae9+SYrlnWuwoOWJhq6NFhjxoABPndKiHyg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=f2P9jMnA9LDJLi1U0FYMwa/w7vQ7LXBXIW83n1mIVIICJYhIaDJNBxmY9gXyCptOPc ocMwcqDsUjesicfVS6wx9LxoPcLWDvE0MslwltBSbWVe7KnoT/JYRlUB1vdug18Ojb79 zHaq6znDSSKb9xC7hZnLndB2hfEAnLWhU1Yxw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.72.68 with SMTP id s46mr207484wed.68.1241037381082; Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:36:21 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <226961241036863@webmail38.yandex.ru> References: <226961241036863@webmail38.yandex.ru> From: Zachary Zolton Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:36:01 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: javascript user library To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org The general consensus is that this problem is more easily solved through templating/macros in your application code. On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 3:27 PM, dmi wrote: > Hi, All! > > I would like to suggest some way to have library functions in the javascript (or other) views. > > Currently, if I have some structured entries and a bunch of "library" functions to peek values from them, which are highly used in many views, I have two possible ways: > > 1. to include the library functions in the each view; > 2. to patch couchdb's main.js and to include the library in it. > > Both ways are ugly, imho... > > I realize, it would be cool to have, say, "/_library/libname" document with the library body. > And to have the optional parameter 'library' in the view's definition: > > {'map': 'function body', 'reduce': 'function body', 'library': ['libname', ....]} > > so when couchdb pass the view's functions to the view server it will pass not only 'add_fun', but also 'add_lib' command with the library body to evaluate in the view execution environment. > > Unfortunately, I'm far from being an expert in couchdb ideology to propose more constructive ideas about :-) > > -- > WBR, Dmi. >