This reply's a little late -- just catching up on old threads... On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 12:21 AM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.com> wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2011, at 7:36 PM, Dean Landolt wrote: > > I think generators are an excellent example of a feature that is well >> prototyped (in FF JS 1.7+). I think the developer uptake is minimal, outside >> of the original advocates. >> > > Of course uptake is minimal -- it's only in one engine, and even then it > doesn't yet match the spec. > > > Please get the historical order right. The spec changed only recently, the > implementation matched the previous spec (of five years' standing). > Apologies -- I didn't even realize there was an old spec :) Anyway, the changes are minor in the scheme of things, or in the terms of > this debate. Unless the issue is the function head not looking different? > Fixed that in ES6 for ya! ;-) function* also makes the empty basis case work > for yield*. > I'm aware, and I'm very happy about that. Perhaps the point I was trying to make wasn't clear -- I was trying to demonstrate why this statement was begging the question: I've heard no clamor at all. Really this is a niche feature, an aid for the > rare case where conventional iterators are a poor match. Generators as single-frame-continuations require library support. Library support requires generator implementations. Regardless of mozilla's intentions, the lack of a broader implementation base makes this demand for "clamor" really unlikely.
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