On 30/10/2011, at 23:36, Brendan Eich wrote:
> On Oct 30, 2011, at 12:33 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
>
>> The object exemplar approach is just like self or selfish, except that it
>> builds upon features that are already in JS. Specifically, it uses the new
>> operator instead of a new method and it names the initialization method
>> "constructor" in order to tie into the object construction mechanisms that
>> already exist in JS.
>
> +1
>
> The only thing I find off the mark is the typography of <|. In light of this,
> and of the anti-grawlix reaction among many people, could we revisit an infix
> operator used in restricted productions with [no LineTerminator here] on the
> left of the operator contextual keyword?
>
> Likely keywords include 'proto' (but 'protos' seems better English given the
> LHS being the prototype object), or my current best shot: 'beget'.
>
> let obj = base beget {a: 1, b: 2}
> let arr = base beget [p, q, r]
> let fun = base beget function (...args) { ... }
> let re = base beget /(\w+)\s+(\w)+/g
>
> It's still idiomatic as a name for differential inheritance, but it is more
> pithy than 'make' or 'create' (and one character shorter than 'create' -- no
> Unix 'creat' reruns! ;-). Comments?
>
> Saying or writing "triangle" does not convey meaning, and it's confusing in
> geometry/graphics contexts.
Perhaps a long arrow may work ?
let object= base <== {a: 1, b: 2};
--
Jorge.
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