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(Created page with "== Listing files == A filesystem `list` capability can lead to computational irreproducibility if the order of entries returned differs between invocations and implementations. It is better to sort the entries using a deterministic sort. == Host objects == It may be tempting to try to author a "drop-in" replacement for some interface available in one host environment, but not available in the other. This is probably a bad idea. For example, if you really want t...") |
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== Host objects ==
It may be tempting to try to author a "drop-in" replacement for some interface available in one host environment, but not available in the other. This is probably a bad idea. For example, if you really want to use a utility class `TextEncoder` which exists in some runtimes but not others, then avoid simply re-implementing `TextEncoder` and writing a multiplexed conditional to select whether to use the native implementation or the "softcoded" one. If you've already done the work to do the re-implementation and are paying the cost of carrying it around, and it truly is
== See also ==
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