Refactored cache observable factory and documented utilities

src/assets/javascripts/observables/agent/element/_/index.ts

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function getElementOrThrow<T extends HTMLElement>(
   const el = getElement<T>(selector, node)
   if (typeof el === "undefined")
     throw new ReferenceError(
-      `Missing element: expected "${selector}" to match an element`
+      `Missing element: expected "${selector}" to be present`
     )
   return el
 }

src/assets/javascripts/patches/details/index.ts

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ export function patchDetails(
           el.setAttribute("open", "")
       })
 
-  /* Open details before anchor jump */
+  /* Open parent details before anchor jump */
   merge(hash$, of(location.hash))
     .pipe(
       filter(hash => !!hash.length),

src/assets/javascripts/utilities/rxjs/_/index.ts

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
  * IN THE SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import { Observable, of } from "rxjs"
+import { Observable, defer, of } from "rxjs"
 import { map } from "rxjs/operators"
 
 /* ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ export function not(
 /**
  * Cache the last value emitted by an observable in session storage
  *
- * Note that the value must be serializable as `JSON`.
+ * If the key is not found in session storage, the factory is executed and the
+ * latest value emitted will automatically be persisted to sessions storage.
+ * Note that the values emitted by the returned observable must be serializable
+ * as `JSON`, or data will be lost.
  *
  * @template T - Value type
  *
@@ -58,23 +61,25 @@ export function not(
 export function cache<T>(
   key: string, factory: () => Observable<T>
 ): Observable<T> {
-  const data = sessionStorage.getItem(key)
-  if (data) {
-    return of(JSON.parse(data) as T)
+  return defer(() => {
+    const data = sessionStorage.getItem(key)
+    if (data) {
+      return of(JSON.parse(data) as T)
 
-  /* Retrieve value from observable factory and write to storage */
-  } else {
-    const value$ = factory()
-    value$
-      .subscribe(value => {
-        try {
-          sessionStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value))
-        } catch (err) {
-          /* Just swallow */
-        }
-      })
+    /* Retrieve value from observable factory and write to storage */
+    } else {
+      const value$ = factory()
+      value$
+        .subscribe(value => {
+          try {
+            sessionStorage.setItem(key, JSON.stringify(value))
+          } catch (err) {
+            /* Uncritical, just swallow */
+          }
+        })
 
-    /* Return value observable */
-    return value$
-  }
+      /* Return value observable */
+      return value$
+    }
+  })
 }

src/assets/javascripts/utilities/rxjs/operators/index.ts

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import { filter, map, withLatestFrom } from "rxjs/operators"
 /**
  * Toggle emission with another observable
  *
+ * While this could also be implemented using window operators, it may lead to
+ * an unnecessary increase in bundle size, so we use operators we use anyway.
+ *
  * @template T - Value type
  *
  * @param toggle$ - Toggle observable

src/assets/javascripts/utilities/string/index.ts

@@ -82,7 +82,14 @@ export function truncate(value: string, n: number): string {
  * Round a number for display with source facts
  *
  * This is a reverse engineered implementation of GitHub's weird rounding
- * algorithm for stars, forks and all other numbers. Probably incorrect.
+ * algorithm for stars, forks and all other numbers. While all numbers below
+ * `1,000` are returned as-is, bigger numbers are converted to fixed numbers
+ * in the following way:
+ *
+ * - `1,049` => `1k`
+ * - `1,050` => `1,1k`
+ * - `1,949` => `1,9k`
+ * - `1,950` => `2k`
  *
  * @param value - Original value
  *
@@ -104,13 +111,13 @@ export function round(value: number): string {
  *
  * @param value - Value to be hashed
  *
- * @return Hash
+ * @return Hash as 32bit integer
  */
 export function hash(value: string): number {
-    let k = 0
+    let h = 0
     for (let i = 0, len = value.length; i < len; i++) {
-      k  = ((k << 5) - k) + value.charCodeAt(i)
-      k |= 0 // Convert to 32bit integer
+      h  = ((h << 5) - h) + value.charCodeAt(i)
+      h |= 0 // Convert to 32bit integer
     }
-    return k
+    return h
   }