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diff --git a/deps/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/extend/README.md b/deps/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/extend/README.md index 632fb0f96f..5b8249aa95 100644 --- a/deps/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/extend/README.md +++ b/deps/npm/node_modules/request/node_modules/extend/README.md @@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ `node-extend` is a port of the classic extend() method from jQuery. It behaves as you expect. It is simple, tried and true. +Notes: + +* Since Node.js >= 4, + [`Object.assign`](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/assign) + now offers the same functionality natively (but without the "deep copy" option). + See [ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) in Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/es6). +* Some native implementations of `Object.assign` in both Node.js and many + browsers (since NPM modules are for the browser too) may not be fully + spec-compliant. + Check [`object.assign`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/object.assign) module for + a compliant candidate. + ## Installation This package is available on [npm][npm-url] as: `extend` @@ -20,6 +32,13 @@ npm install extend *Extend one object with one or more others, returning the modified object.* +**Example:** + +``` js +var extend = require('extend'); +extend(targetObject, object1, object2); +``` + Keep in mind that the target object will be modified, and will be returned from extend(). If a boolean true is specified as the first argument, extend performs a deep copy, recursively copying any objects it finds. Otherwise, the copy will share structure with the original object(s). @@ -54,7 +73,7 @@ Ported to Node.js by [Stefan Thomas][github-justmoon] with contributions by [Jon [github-justmoon]: https://github.com/justmoon [github-insin]: https://github.com/insin [github-ljharb]: https://github.com/ljharb -[npm-version-png]: http://vb.teelaun.ch/justmoon/node-extend.svg +[npm-version-png]: http://versionbadg.es/justmoon/node-extend.svg [deps-svg]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend.svg [deps-url]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend [dev-deps-svg]: https://david-dm.org/justmoon/node-extend/dev-status.svg |