SolidJS•2y ago

How to add derived values in store after creation

Hey folks 👋 I'm trying to add a derived value after the creation of a store. Like the getter example with createMemo (https://www.solidjs.com/docs/latest#getters), but once the store is created. I know it's possible with createEffect to call setStore to update a part of the store in reaction to another part of the store, but it's not ideal:

it's best to avoid setting signals in effects, which without care can cause additional rendering or even infinite effect loops

And I can't seem to make it work with createMemo. Here is a small playground illustrating the issue: https://playground.solidjs.com/anonymous/d595da0b-9c83-4142-841f-96b6b25c8490 Any idea on how best to implement this? Thanks a lot 🙏

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thetarnav•2y ago

https://github.com/solidjs/solid/issues/1450

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setting getters on already defined keys in a store loses reactivty ...

Describe the bug Setting a getter-function on a key that has already been initialized in a store with setStore will not create a reactive getter, unlike when you set the getter-function while initi...

etnbrdOP•2y ago

Thanks for your reply 🙏

NesCafe•2y ago

hmm, I tried to do similar stuff in playground, did not work...

const memo = createMemo(() => count.primary + 3);
setCount({
  memoDerived: {
    get get() {
      return memo();
    }
  }
});

const memo = createMemo(() => count.primary + 3);
setCount({
  memoDerived: {
    get get() {
      return memo();
    }
  }
});

but this way worked (I know maybe set store inside effect is not very good, but why not if it is working)

createEffect(() => {
  setCount("memoDerived", memo());
});

createEffect(() => {
  setCount("memoDerived", memo());
});

@etnbrd wooow... this way also works:

setCount("memoDerived", () => memo)

setCount("memoDerived", () => memo)

etnbrdOP•2y ago

Ah! Interessting! Thanks 🙏 I'm kind of wondering why it works, though 😅 This snippet doesn't work, because it's overriding an existing property of the store, which is not permitted, I guess. It should work on a new property, though:

const [count, setCount] = createStore({primary: 1})
const memo = createMemo(() => count.primary + 3);
setCount('derived', {
  memoDerived: {
    get get() {
      return memo();
    }
  }
});
count.derived.memoDerived.get

const [count, setCount] = createStore({primary: 1})
const memo = createMemo(() => count.primary + 3);
setCount('derived', {
  memoDerived: {
    get get() {
      return memo();
    }
  }
});
count.derived.memoDerived.get

NesCafe•2y ago

~~but I tried it with new property~~ ah I got it. need to use count.derived.memoDerived.get to access it

etnbrdOP•2y ago

Ah, yes, sorry if that wasn't clear 😅

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