Lazy evaluation
In programming, lazy evaluation is a strategy that delays the evaluation of values until they're needed. There are two means by which lazy evaluation is implemented by Bacon.js.
Type 1
A stream or property will not be attached to its data source until it has subscribers. Let's look at an example to understand this. Place this code in the index.js
file:
var myButton_click_stream1 = $("#myButton").asEventStream("click").map(function(event){ console.log(event); return event; });
Here, when you click on the myButton
button, nothing will be logged. Now, place this code in the index.js
file:
myButton_click_stream1.onValue(function(event){})
Now when you click on the button, the event will be logged.
The log
method is also considered as a subscriber. ...
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