Freeze Set object

Isabelle Viktoria Maciohsek · JavaScript, Array · Oct 11, 2020

Creates a frozen Set object.

• Use the Set constructor to create a new Set object from iterable.
• Set the add, delete and clear methods of the newly created object to undefined, so that they cannot be used, practically freezing the object.

const frozenSet = iterable => {
  const s = new Set(iterable);
  s.add = undefined;
  s.delete = undefined;
  s.clear = undefined;
  return s;
};

frozenSet([1, 2, 3, 1, 2]);
// Set { 1, 2, 3, add: undefined, delete: undefined, clear: undefined }

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