RxJs: lossy form of zip operator

Question

Consider using the zip operator to zip together two infinite Observables, one of which emits items twice as frequently as the other.
The current implementation is loss-l

Answer 1

The following will give you the desired behavior:

Observable.zip(s1.take(1), s2.take(1)).repeat()

In RxJs 5.5+ pipe syntax:

zip(s1.pipe(take(1)), s2.pipe(take(1))).pipe(repeat());

const s1 = new Rx.Subject();
const s2 = new Rx.Subject();

Rx.Observable.zip(s1.take(1), s2.take(1)).repeat()
    .subscribe(console.log);

s1.next(1); s1.next(2); s2.next(10); s1.next(3); s1.next(4); s2.next(20); s1.next(5); s1.next(6); s1.next(7); s2.next(30);  
s2.next(40); s2.next(50); s2.next(60); s2.next(70); 

Explanation:

• repeat operator (in its current implementation) resubscribes to the source observable upon the latter's completion, i.e. in this particular case it resubscribes to zip upon every mutual emission.
• zip combines two observables and waits for both of them to emit. combineLatest will do as well, it doesn't really matter because of take(1)
• take(1) actually takes care of memory explosion and defines lossy behavior

If you want to take the last instead of the first value from each stream upon mutual emission use this:

Observable.combineLatest(s1, s2).take(1).repeat()

In RxJs 5.5+ pipe syntax:

combineLatest(s1.pipe(take(1)), s2.pipe(take(1))).pipe(repeat());

const s1 = new Rx.Subject();
const s2 = new Rx.Subject();

Rx.Observable.combineLatest(s1,s2).take(1).repeat()
    .subscribe(console.log);

s1.next(1); s1.next(2); s2.next(10); s1.next(3); s1.next(4); s2.next(20); s1.next(5); s1.next(6); s1.next(7); s2.next(30);  
s2.next(40); s2.next(50); s2.next(60); s2.next(70);