I'd like to bring up the topic of JavaScript 1.8 support for Rhino. The Rhino Whish List wiki page [1] does not even mention JS 1.8, but it seems like a logical next step, especially since the plans for EcmaScript 4 have come tumbling down lately. I also think that version parity with Firefox 3 would benefit many projects using Rhino.
The JS 1.8 feature that is triggering my request is the object destructuring shorthand (bug 404734) [2] which would come very handy for import-property-x-from-module-y functionality in Helma NG. I've started investigating on this and will try to get something working soon. I can't promise anything as the Rhino parser is still pretty unfamiliar to me. So what do others think about JS 1.8 support in Rhino, and effort do you think would be required? From the "what's new in js 1.8" page [3] and the js 1.8 tracking bug [4] it doesn't look too overwhelming. [1] http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Rhino_Wish_List [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404734 [3] http://developer.mozilla.org/en/New_in_JavaScript_1.8 [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/showdependencytree.cgi?id=380236&maxdepth=1&hide_resolved=0 Hannes _______________________________________________ dev-tech-js-engine-rhino mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-tech-js-engine-rhino
