A few months ago, I made this same suggestion, here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07021.html
And David Herman very succintly explained here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg07031.html Rick On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote: > Brendan Eich wrote: > >> Yes, an identifier is required. It would not be possible to define an >>> unnamed function in this way. >>> >> >> Why not express an anonymous function, though? Definition != expression. >> As usual, an expression *statement* could not start with ( and consist >> entirely of a function-keyword-free anonymous function expression. >> > > I should have stopped at "could not start with". Doesn't matter how it > might end, an expression-statement can't start with 'function' now and, > under the proposal, could not start with the ( beginning a formal parameter > list. > > > /be > ______________________________**_________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/**listinfo/es-discuss<https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss> >
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