Convenience API suggestion: return an array

[domenic]

E.g. Intl.Segmenter.segments("string", "fr", { type: "word" })

[mathiasbynens]

Shouldn’t this be an iterator so it can be done lazily? If you really need an array you could then use the spread operator.

[domenic]

The main API in the readme returns an iterator. The point of this convenience API is for when you know you need all the results.

[mathiasbynens]

Apologies; I had somehow interpreted your suggestion as “an array of strings: one for each segment”.

[domenic]

I guess I was ambiguous. Now that you mention it, as a convenience API, that sounds better to me.

[mathiasbynens]

#4 is similar.

[littledan]

If we want something like this, maybe it should be a method on a Segmenter instance, e.g.,

new Intl.Segmenter("fr", {type: "word"}).segmentToArray("string"))

What should be the output exactly? Would you want just the words in this case, ignoring the whitespace and punctuation segments?

[domenic]

Yeah, just the words is what I was assuming.

A static method feels more convenient than newing up a new object, but I guess Intl has not gone with that style so far.

[domenic]

Closing since it doesn't fit with the style of Intl.