Help with babel (es6)

#1

I’m coding my first babel es6 package. In just a few lines I’m already stuck. (grin) Here is my code followed by the error.

Edit: If I use console.log instead of just log it activates.

'use babel';

var log = console.log;

export let activate = () =>  {
  log('AnySyn activated');
}

[Enter steps to reproduce below:]

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**Atom Version**: 1.0.2
**System**: Ubuntu 12.04.5
**Thrown From**: [anysyn](https://github.com/mark-hahn/anysyn) package, v0.0.1
**User**: root

### Stack Trace

Failed to activate the anysyn package

At Illegal invocation

TypeError: Illegal invocation
at Object.activate (/root/dev/.atom/packages/anysyn/lib/main.js:9:3)
at Package.module.exports.Package.activateNow (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package.js:240:19)
at /usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package.js:221:30
at Package.module.exports.Package.measure (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package.js:165:15)
at Package.module.exports.Package.activate (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package.js:213:14)
at PackageManager.module.exports.PackageManager.activatePackage (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package-manager.js:452:21)
at /usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package-manager.js:436:29
at Config.module.exports.Config.transact (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/config.js:311:16)
at PackageManager.module.exports.PackageManager.activatePackages (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package-manager.js:431:19)
at PackageManager.module.exports.PackageManager.activate (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/package-manager.js:412:46)
at Atom.module.exports.Atom.startEditorWindow (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/atom.js:645:21)
at Object. (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/window-bootstrap.js:12:8)
at Object. (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/window-bootstrap.js:23:4)
at Module._compile (module.js:452:26)
at Object.loadFile [as .js] (/usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/src/babel.js:162:21)
at Module.load (module.js:347:32)
at Function.Module._load (module.js:302:12)
at Module.require (module.js:357:17)
at require (module.js:376:17)
at setupWindow (file:///usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/static/index.js:96:23)
at window.onload (file:///usr/share/atom/resources/app.asar/static/index.js:36:7)


### Commands



### Config

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Installed Packages

# User
anysyn, v0.0.1
command-toolbar, v1.0.12
comment-down, v0.1.1
fonts, v0.5.0
grammar-mode, v1.1.0
last-cursor-position, v0.9.0
package-cop, v0.2.10
pretty-json, v0.4.1
remote-edit, v1.8.13
repository-file-actions, v0.6.0
tab-smart-sort, v0.1.4

# Dev
No dev packages
#2

What I would do is

export function activate() {
  console.log('AnySyn activated');
}

But the way you do it should also work as expected

#3

Yes, that works. Actually I had more code and I reduced it to this simple version. My problem relates to scope. I can’t access variables outside of the function.

I thought maybe => could only use the parameters passed in, which would be silly, but this code didn’t work either.

'use babel';

var log = console.log;

export let activate = function() {
  log('AnySyn activated');
}

This code works

'use babel';

var log = console.log;

export let activate = function() {
  console.log('AnySyn activated');
}

If no one here can figure this out, then does anyone know the proper place for me to ask this question? Maybe a babel forum.

#4

Ah, you can’t do

var log = console.log;
log('something');

It will throw TypeError: Illegal invocation. log has to be called on the console, so you can do either plain console.log('something'); or var log = console.log.bind(console);. (Or log.call(console, 'something');, but that would kinda defeat the purpose…

#5

Duh. I knew that. I just assumed it was some technicality of babel.

Thanks mucho.