On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 5:48 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 21, 2008, at 5:39 PM, Peter Michaux wrote: > >> Dave Herman wrote: >> >>> We all know about the benefits of specification by desugaring. (I do >>> know a thing or two about macros, ya know.) But desugaring only works >>> when the feature you want really *does* layer properly on top of an >>> existing feature. The simple reason we haven't specified `let' as a >>> desugaring into `function' is because we want them to behave differently. >> >> Who is "we"? > > That is clear from context: "we haven't specified ...".
Is there a list of individuals those who will ratify the final proposal? It isn't apparent reading emails on this list who is on the committee and who is not. [snip] >> If the committee has reached consensus then those outside the committee >> could save time and keystrokes and focus on other things where there is >> need. > > Rather than change the topic to complain I don't mean it as a complaint. It is simply a matter of efficiency. > about something that hasn't > happened (no ES4 spec yet), why not respond to the substantive point: let != > function-expression-call? What I was trying to determine is if the "we want them to behave differently" means there is already consensus that let should not desugar to a function-expression call. If that consensus exists then there really is nothing to be gained by outsiders chipping in comments and doing so is just lost time and energy. I think a let expression could work either as a function-expression call or not. It makes sense to me that let desugars to a function-expression call because those are known semantics. I really don't think the arguments, this, break, continue, return issues are that big a deal but I can see someone else might think differently. If let expressions don't desugar to a function-expression call we will all survive. Peter _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
