>> function Point(x, y) {
>> this.{x,y};
>> }
>
> Ok, maybe. But
>
>
>> function Monster(name) {
>> this.{
>> name: name,
>
> just name here should do, not name: name -- right?
Ah, I thought one couldn’t mix the key-value form and the value-less syntactic
sugar. But it makes sense to allow that.
>> @strength: 10,
>> @age: 0
>> };
>> }
>
> Someone had to declare private strength, age; first.
Correct, implied. I was too lazy to look up the import statement, but actually,
object literals should have a “private” section, too. And one could allow these
sections anywhere.
>> // namespace exists in multiple files (possibly less relevant with modules)
>> namespace.{
>> function1() {
>> },
>> function2() {
>> }
>> }
>
> This caused a double-take because of the leading 'function' names
> distinguished only by trailing "1" vs "2". There is something to the
> complaints about method definition syntax being too terse in certain
> applications. Just changing to method1 and method2 helps, though.
Right, they are technically methods, but “semantically” functions.
> Maybe that's part of the whole Grawlix thing. o.{m(){}} vs. Object.extend(o,
> {m: function(){}}). The latter is JS we've known for many years.
Here is what it looks like with .= (I still think it’s intuitive, even though
its functionality goes beyond mere batch property assignments).
function Point(x, y) {
this .= {x,y};
}
// namespace exists in multiple files (possibly less relevant with modules)
namespace .= {
func1() {
},
func2() {
}
}
// Allow anywhere: syntactic sugar for
// module name from "@name";
// let strength = name.create(), age = name.create();
private { strength, age }
function Monster(name) {
this .= {
name,
@strength: 10,
@age: 0
};
}
Unexpectedly, the classic constructor pattern plus .{, <|, super, and
abbreviated method syntax is now my favorite class pattern.
--
Dr. Axel Rauschmayer
a...@rauschma.de
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