EXTENDS challenge: preprocessor function macros and class-like oop

Question

Background

I\'ve been using the C preprocessor to manage and \"compile\" semi-large javascript projects with multiple files and build targets. This

Answer 1

I think I just completed my own challenge. I've added a second (optional) argument to the CLASS declaration macro for the superclass of the class being declared.

My original implementation created a lot of inline junk around the constructor, so I decided to wrap some convenience functions up in a macro helper object to avoid redundancy.

Here are the current incarnations of my class-like OOP macros:

// class-like oo

#ifndef BASE
  #define BASE  $$_
#endif

#define COLLAPSE(code)      code

#define NAMESPACE(ns)       var ns=BASE._ns(this).ns=new function()

#define CLASS(c,__ARGS...)  var c=[BASE._class(this),[__ARGS][0]]; \
                            new function()

#define CTOR(c)             BASE._extend($$_##c,c[1],this); \
                            c=c[0].c=$$_##c; function $$_##c

#define PUBLIC(fn)          BASE._public(this).fn=fn;function fn

#define PRIVATE(fn)         function fn

#define STATIC(fn)          BASE._static(this).fn=fn;function fn

// macro helper object

COLLAPSE(var BASE=new function(){

  function Clone(){};

  function clone (obj) {
    Clone.prototype=obj; return new Clone;
  };

  function merge (sub, sup) { 
    for (var p in sup) if (sup.hasOwnProperty(p)) sub[p]=sup[p]; 
  };

  this._extend = function (sub, sup, decl) {
    if (sup) {
      merge(sub, sup);
      sub.prototype=clone(sup.prototype);
      sub.prototype.constructor=sub;
    };
    if (decl) {
      merge(sub.prototype, decl);
      decl._static=sub;
      decl._public=sub.prototype;
    };
  };

  this._static=this._ns=this._class=function (obj) {
    return (obj._static || obj); 
  };

  this._public=function (obj) {
    return (obj._public || obj); 
  };

})

... here's a test namespace ...

//#include "macros.js"

NAMESPACE (Store) {

  CLASS (Cashier) {

    var nextId = 1000;

    this.fullName = "floater";

    CTOR (Cashier) (fullName) {
      if (fullName) this.fullName = fullName;
      this.id = ++nextId;
      this.transactions = 0;
    }

    PUBLIC (sell) (item, customer) {
      this.transactions += 1;
      customer.inventory.push(item);
    }

    STATIC (hire) (count) {
      var newCashiers = [];
      for (var i=count; i--;) {
        newCashiers.push(new Cashier());
      }
      return newCashiers;
    }
  }

  // Customer extends Cashier, just so we can test inheritance

  CLASS (Customer, Cashier) {

    CTOR (Customer) (name) {
      this.name = name;
      this.inventory = [];
      this.transactions = 0;
    }

    PUBLIC (buy) (item, cashier) {
      cashier.sell(this, item);
    }

    CLASS (Cart) {

      CTOR (Cart) (customer) {
        this.customer = customer;
        this.items = [];
      }
    }

  }
}

... and here's the output ...

var $$_=new function(){ function Clone(){}; function clone (obj) { Clone.prototype=obj; return new Clone; }; function merge (sub, sup) { for (var p in sup) if (sup.hasOwnProperty(p)) sub[p]=sup[p]; }; this._extend = function (sub, sup, decl) { if (sup) { merge(sub, sup); sub.prototype=clone(sup.prototype); sub.prototype.constructor=sub; }; if (decl) { merge(sub.prototype, decl); decl._static=sub; decl._public=sub.prototype; }; }; this._static=this._ns=this._class=function (obj) { return (obj._static || obj); }; this._public=function (obj) { return (obj._public || obj); }; }
var Store=$$_._ns(this).Store=new function() {
  var Cashier=[$$_._class(this),[][0]]; new function() {
    var nextId = 1000;
    this.fullName = "floater";
    $$_._extend($$_Cashier,Cashier[1],this); Cashier=Cashier[0].Cashier=$$_Cashier; function $$_Cashier (fullName) {
      if (fullName) this.fullName = fullName;
      this.id = ++nextId;
      this.transactions = 0;
    }
    $$_._public(this).sell=sell;function sell (item, customer) {
      this.transactions += 1;
      customer.inventory.push(item);
    }
    $$_._static(this).hire=hire;function hire (count) {
      var newCashiers = [];
      for (var i=count; i--;) {
        newCashiers.push(new Cashier());
      }
      return newCashiers;
    }
  }
  var Customer=[$$_._class(this),[Cashier][0]]; new function() {
    $$_._extend($$_Customer,Customer[1],this); Customer=Customer[0].Customer=$$_Customer; function $$_Customer (name) {
      this.name = name;
      this.inventory = [];
      this.transactions = 0;
    }
    $$_._public(this).buy=buy;function buy (item, cashier) {
      cashier.sell(this, item);
    }
    var Cart=[$$_._class(this),[][0]]; new function() {
      $$_._extend($$_Cart,Cart[1],this); Cart=Cart[0].Cart=$$_Cart; function $$_Cart (customer) {
        this.customer = customer;
        this.items = [];
      }
    }
  }
}

Inheritance, internal classes, and nested namespaces seem to work fine. What do you think, is this a useful approach to class-like OOP and code reuse in js? Let me know if I've missed anything.