why is Model.init implemented like this?

[andreas schmid]

as difined here:

Module.init is implemented like:

Module.init = Controller.init = Model.init = (a1, a2, a3, a4, a5) ->
  new this(a1, a2, a3, a4, a5)

why is it like this? why define 5 attributes and not use attrs... so attributes are not fixed to 5....

new this(attrs...)

[Alex MacCaw]

You can't do that with JavaScript unfortunately. 

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[Andreas]

this is taken from spine.coffee so yes you can:

https://github.com/maccman/spine/blob/master/src/spine.coffee#L538

which translates into

var __slice = [].slice;

Module.init = Controller.init = Model.init = function() {
  var args;
  args = 1 <= arguments.length ? __slice.call(arguments, 0) : [];
  return (function(func, args, ctor) {
    ctor.prototype = func.prototype;
    var child = new ctor, result = func.apply(child, args), t = typeof result;
    return t == "object" || t == "function" ? result || child : child;
  })(this, args, function(){});
};

http://coffeescript.org/#try:Module.init%20%3D%20Controller.init%20%3D%20Model.init%20%3D%20(attrs...)%20-%3E%0A%20%20new%20this(attrs...)

[Alex MacCaw]

Yes, you're right - I take that back, sorry! 

However, that's an awful lot of code :) - I'm actually taking out .init() in the next version of Spine anyhow. 

[Andreas]

trust me i trust you! :)

and i admit i don't know too much about js. this question was more an didactical one.

[Alex MacCaw]

Yes, a but too much hubris on my part there :)