On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Dmitry Soshnikov < dmitry.soshni...@gmail.com> wrote:
> But why do we need new keyword? > The discussion originated around how ugly <| is; an infix operator keyword is easier to introduce into the language then an infix operator made of symbols > > Actually, I can accept a new keyword in case if reasons will really be > serious. But in this case -- `extends' may fit quite nice. > See: https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-October/017775.html > > P.S.: In general, it's just funny picture. Somehow ES4 made nice classes > with nice syntax. Why (Why Y NO?) now we invent some scary things such as > const Point = Point <| {}.constructor.{}.prototype{}. Just... why? What has > happened with syntax idea even from ES4? > > Dmitry. > > > On 16.11.2011 23:31, Rick Waldron wrote: > > As stated previously[1], my support for "begets" as pure win is > unwavering. > > > Rick > > [1] > https://mail.mozilla.org/pipermail/es-discuss/2011-October/017758.html > > > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Dmitry Soshnikov < > dmitry.soshni...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 16.11.2011 23:12, Erik Arvidsson wrote: >> >>> One thing that all of these discussions are missing is the hoisting >>> property of function and any possible future classes. If we use "let >>> Point = ..." we lose all hoisting and the order of your declarations >>> starts to matter and we will end up in the C mess where forward >>> references do not work. >>> >>> No matter, we may rewrite it with `var': >> >> // parent object >> var point = {x: 10, y: 20}; >> >> // child object >> var point3D extends point { >> >> z: 30 >> } >> >> // a class >> class Point3D extends Point { >> constructor (x, y, z) { ... } >> } >> >> It seems interesting for me, since we define both -- child classes and >> child objects with the same syntactic construction; only `var' and `class' >> keywords change. >> >> Dmitry. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> es-discuss@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >> > > >
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