On 2011-03-29, at 08:52, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt wrote: > I agree entirely that it goes with the existing fixed implicit |this| > binding -- I just think that cuts the other way. The reason we're > having this discussion is that the existing behavior of |this| isn't > always what you want, and is hard to get around because of its fixed > and implicit nature. I think we should alleviate *that* problem, not > just the worst symptom.
Way back in https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2008-August/007273.html I raised the `this` problem: When you write a function you can choose the names of all your parameters (for maximum legibility of your code) except the implicit one, where you are forced to accept the name `this`. If you could specify a different name, specifying which implicit binding you meant in the presence of multiples would be simplified. I won't propose a syntax for specifying an alternative name for `this`, for fear of being taken out to the (bike)shed and getting caned, but I do think it worth considering: why must that implicit parameter have a fixed name? _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
