Optional two-way binding on isolate scope for Angular Directive - binding

question
I just learned that you can have an optional 'reverse' or callback binding via:
scope: { parentScopeFunc: '&?' }
I'm trying to see if there is a way to do something similar with the 2-way binding.
scope: { optional2WayBoundProp: '=?' }
I tried with the link function's element & attrs params but then I lose the 2-way-binding back to the parent. That method only allows for parent-to-child updates. Then I might as well just be using # scope mechanism.
edit
I found this question Angular JS directive, change a 2 way data binding in the link function so that answers the main question regarding =?. However it doesn't solve the 'optional' non-bound value such as true or false.
goals
Here's what I'm trying to accomplish:
write a panel directive that transcludes content and is collapsible aside from the header area:
<my-panel>
<transcluded-header-content/>
<button ng-click="toggleCollapse()"/>
<transcluded-body-content ng-if="isExpanded"/>
</my-panel>
in some cases I want to cache the collapsed state of the panel instance in a parent scope (hence the 2-way binding where the view's controller can determine how to cache this info):
<my-panel is-expanded="parentScopeProp">
in other cases, I may just want to declare it without binding to a parent scope property OR I may just not declare it at all in which case it assumes it's expanded.
<my-panel is-expanded="true/false">
I understand that by using the = assignment, that expressions like undefined, true & false cannot be evaluated.

'=?' is a valid scope assignment as of ng 1.2.x...
...as for the ability to have a means of interpolating an expression from an optional two-way-binding, that is still up for grabs.

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Binding boolean (Property) to List operations in JavaFX

I found JavaFX to be suprisingly expressive after getting over the fact that I had to redeclare every field as property so I am a little stumped and would like to know if there is a better, more idomatic way of binding a boolean to some more complex operation like adding and removing style classes.
In this example I have a project that maybe valid or not and I want the font color of the tab to indicate which it is. I am doing this by adding and removing the error style class:
val errorSwitch = { valid : Boolean ->
logger.debug {"errorSwitcher: $valid"}
if( valid) tab.styleClass.remove("error")
else tab.styleClass.add("error")
Unit
}
product.isValid.onChange (errorSwitch)
errorSwitch(product.isValid.value)
What I don't like here is that I have to call the function once myself to start with because "onChange" obviously does not trigger unless the isValid actually changes. It's a small thing but I am wondering if there isn't a better way with bindings because thats what I want: the presence of the error class should be bound to "isValid"
In TornadoFX the best way to achieve this is to use the toggleClass function, which will automatically add or remove a given class based on a boolean observable value. Therefore you can simply say:
tab.toggleClass(Styles.error, product.isValid)
This example requires you to use the Type Safe CSS feature of TornadoFX. Read more about Type Safe CSS in the guide :)

vue.js prop array/object vs literal

Props in vue.js are one way binding, by the way,in the documentation :
https://v2.vuejs.org/v2/guide/components.html#One-Way-Data-Flow
"Note that objects and arrays in JavaScript are passed by reference, so if the prop is an array or object, mutating the object or array itself inside the child will affect parent state."
So i want to know, the prop.sync is it only for "litteral" (ie; string, number,date) or I must use it also with object/array ?
I already use object WITHOUT sync and all work very well, but i am fear it is not the good solution for do "vue.js" way ?
SO my question is : can i use object/array in prop,without sync, with no problem ?
In some cases, we may need “two-way binding” for a prop. Unfortunately, true two-way binding can create maintenance issues, because child components can mutate the parent without the source of that mutation being obvious in both the parent and the child.
That’s why instead, we recommend emitting events in the pattern of update:myPropName. For example, in a hypothetical component with a title prop, we could communicate the intent of assigning a new value with:
this.$emit('update:title', newTitle)
You'll get errors if you mutate a prop directly in a child component. So in that sense, no it's not safe. The reason being is the parent will override anything the child sets.
Yes you can use objects and arrays as prop values. One difference, however, is when providing a default value for props of type object or array, you must define a factory function to return the default value.
The, main difference is the sync modifier is syntactic sugar that expands to a v-on listener. The child component emits events back the parent when a value changes, allowing the parent to update accordingly.
The child component must explicitly emit the event.
// example from docs
this.$emit('update:foo', newValue)

Binding imperatively

Is there a way to set up bindings imperatively. An example use case:
var el2 = new MyElement();
el2.myProp = this.$.anotherElement.anotherProp
That won't setup a binding, it just assigns the value or object. I'd like to find a way to do something like:
el2.myProp.bindTo(this.$.anotherElement.anotherProp)
Possible?
Polymer 1.0 does not support this at the moment - as explained by #kevinpschaaf in Github https://github.com/Polymer/polymer/issues/1778.
(comment by #kevinpschaaf)
No, we don't currently support this, outside of dom-bind, which is the
only template implementation that late-binds instance children. You
can document.createElement('template', 'dom-bind'), then you can
dynamically append children with binding annotations to its content,
and the bindings will only be evaluated once the dom-bind is attached
to the document. See tests here that show this usage of it:
https://github.com/Polymer/polymer/blob/master/test/unit/dom-bind.html#L95
Note that dom-bind does not currently allow binding to outer scope, so
it has limited use in custom element templates (it's main use case is
for binding between elements in the main document), and that's not
likely to change short-term.
We are achieving a lot of performance optimization by baking the
binding connections into the prototype at registration time for an
element (rather than at instance time), and we haven't built up enough
of the machinery to easily allow runtime addition/removal of bindings.

How to add scope to binding expressions in Delphi Live Bindings?

I know how to use live bindings on a form to bind one property to another property using an expression. For instance, binding a TLabel's Caption to a TEdit's text property.
I know how to create new expressions using IScope, TNestedScope, TDictionaryScope, etc. I can add my own classes and call them as scripted expressions.
What I don't know is how to take my new expression scope and make it available to the TBindExpressions in my TBindingList for use on a form when I'm doing things described in the first paragraph.
Anyone know how to do this? I've investigated, and I can't find a way to add an IScope reference to the binding expressions available to TBindingList and its sub-components.

Regarding F# Object Oriented Programming

There's this dichotomy in the way we can create classes in f# which really bothers me. I can create classes using either an implicit format or an explicit one. But some of the features that I want are only available for use with the implicit format and some are only available for use with the explicit format.
For example:
I can't use let inline* (or let alone) inside an explicitly defined class.
The only way (that I know) to define immutable public fields (not properties*) inside an implicitly defined class is the val bla : bla syntax.
But there's a redundancy here. Since I'll end up with two copy of the same immutable data, one private, one public (because in the implicit mode the constructor parameters persist throughout the class existence)
(Not so relevant) The need to use attributes for method overloading and for field's defaults is rather off putting.
Is there anyway I can work around this?
*For performance reasons
EDIT: Turns out I'm wrong about both points (Thanks Ganesh Sittampalam & MichaelGG).
While I can't use let inline in both implicit & explicit class definition, I can use member inline just fine, which I assume does the same thing.
Apparently with the latest F# there's no longer any redundancy since any parameters not used in the class body are local to the constructor.
Will be gone in the next F# release.
This might not help, but you can make members inline. "member inline private" works fine.
For let inline, you can work around by moving it outside the class and explicitly passing any values you need from inside the scope of the class when calling it. Since it'll be inlined, there'll be no performance penalty for doing this.

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