On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Alex Russell wrote:
> > On Apr 11, 2012, at 1:02 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: > > > On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Axel Rauschmayer wrote: > > > > > What is a good term for functions that don’t have/use dynamic `this`? > > > “Non-method function” defines them by what they aren’t, I would like a > > > positive definition. I’ve considered the term “pure function”, but the > > > adjective “pure” is already heavily overloaded, especially in functional > > > programming. > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > How about: > > > > procedure - call "callable" object > > method - a procedure that has a dynamic this (or super) dependency > > function - a procedure that does not have a dynamic this dependency > > detached method - a method that has not been associated with an object via > > Object.defineMethod > > > > > What in the world would "defineMethod" do? > > The confusing nature of the word "method" seems not to be cleared up by this. > How about "bound" and "unbound" functions? Their iterability might bump them > into "method" category if bound, but I think that's still just going to > confuse non-JS folk. This is actually how most JS devs, that I regularly speak with, describe the functions you're describing: constructor, bound/unbound function, method. > > > FunctionDeclarations and FunctionExpressions may be used to define either > > methods or functions. > > Arrow Function expression only define functions > > Concise method definitions in object literals and class definitions may > > define either methods or functions > > > > It's messy, but emphasizes that the important thing is what the function > > depends upon rather than which syntactic form was used to define it. > > > > Allen > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > es-discuss mailing list > > es-discuss@mozilla.org > > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > > > > -- > Alex Russell > slightly...@google.com > slightly...@chromium.org > a...@dojotoolkit.org BE03 E88D EABB 2116 CC49 8259 CF78 E242 59C3 9723 > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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