On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 6:39 PM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> But again, you can use 14 characters if you want. The problem is that the author of the code that I'm reading may have used the arrow syntax and then I'm stuck reading it. > This is shorthand, and only shorthand. And usability counts, so shorthands > are in Harmony (e.g., destructuring) Yes and readability counts. JavaScript's function syntax is already *highly* usable and readable. Having many ways to write the same thing is a burden to readers of code because they have to know a larger set of forms and all of the gotchas that come along with them. A lot of languages have a lot of "cool syntax" and then the communities come up with best practices that prohibit the use of them anyway often for reasons only discovered after their introduction. My hunch is that arrow syntax will be one of these cases. JavaScript can use attention in many of areas. Devoting time to adding sugary function syntax seems like a misappropriation of resources. Peter _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
