只要记住你高中代数的“运算顺序”:
括号总是首先被评估。并且,在具有嵌套括号集的表达式的情况下,内部集合在外部集合之前被评估。
所以,有:
men(like(women))
该like
函数首先使用women
传递给它的变量的值来调用。
无论该函数返回什么,都是传递给该men
函数的参数。像这样:
men( result of calling like(women) )
和,women(like(men))
是相同的想法,只是颠倒首先调用哪个。
所以,让我们一步一步来。
- 首先认识到
men
,women
和alien
函数实际上都是相同的,这一点非常重要。他们只需调用您传递给他们的任何内容并返回该结果(在这种情况下将始终是另一个函数)。您可以推断出这一点,因为他们所做的只是在输入参数的末尾加上一组括号。因此,他们每个人都期望传递一个函数(因为这是您唯一可以调用的东西)。
所以,让我们少关注那些函数,多关注like
函数,因为它是向调用者返回不同函数的函数。
阅读内联注释以获取解释:
// Function expression that sets men to hold a function
var men = function (objectOfAdmiration) {
// This function is expecting a function to be passed to it
// because all it does is invoke what is passed and only
// functions can be invoked.
return objectOfAdmiration();
};
// Treat men like an object now and give it an isSweetHeart property with a value of true
men.isSweetHeart = true;
// Function expression that sets women to hold a function
var women = function (objectOfAdmiration) {
// This function is expecting a function to be passed to it
// because all it does is invoke what is passed and only
// functions can be invoked.
return objectOfAdmiration();
};
// Treat men like an object now and give it an isSweetHeart property with a value of true
women.isSweetHeart = true;
// Function expression that sets alients to hold a function
var aliens = function (objectOfAdmiration) {
// This function is expecting a function to be passed to it
// because all it does is invoke what is passed and only
// functions can be invoked.
return objectOfAdmiration();
};
// Function declaration for like.
// This function is expecting an object that has an isSweetHeart property.
// Since we have multiple types of objects that support that property, this
// function is polymorphic
function like(obj){
if (obj.isSweetHeart) {
// If the men or women objects are passed, this will be returned
return function (){ return "Holy TRUE!"};
}
else {
// Anything that doesn't have the isSweetHeart property or does
// but that property has a "falsey" value will end up here
return function (){ return "Holy CRAP!"};
}
}
// Invoke like(woman)...
// since the woman object does have an isSweetHeart property and that
// property has a value of true, the function that will return "Holy TRUE!"
// when it is invoked is returned.
// That function is then passed to the men function, which recieves it under
// the parameter name of "objectOfAdmiration".
// Invoking that function outputs "Holy TRUE!"
alert("Men like women is " + men(like(women))); // -> "Holy TRUE!"
// This line does just about the same as above, but in reverse and
// because the men and women functions are the same, the same output
// is produced.
alert("Women like men is " + women(like(men))); // -> "Holy TRUE!"
// Same general procedure as before, but since aliens do not even
// have an isSweetHeart property, a different function is returned
// for further processing.
alert("Men like aliens is " + men(like(aliens))); // -> "Holy CRAP!"
// This is essentially the same as the men(like(women)) function call
// except that the result of like(women) is passed to aliens, which
// Simply invokes that function.
alert("Aliens like women is " + aliens(like(women))); // -> "Holy TRUE!"