Question

Does somebody know how to make private, non-static members in CoffeeScript? Currently I’m doing this, which just uses a public variable starting with an underscore to clarify that it shouldn’t be used outside of the class:

class Thing extends EventEmitter
  constructor: (@_name) ->

  getName: -> @_name

Putting the variable in the class makes it a static member, but how can I make it non-static? Is it even possible without getting “fancy”?

Answer 1

Is it even possible without getting “fancy”?

Sad to say, you’d have to be fancy.

class Thing extends EventEmitter
  constructor: (name) ->
    @getName = -> name

Remember, “It’s just JavaScript.”