Sadness. I had misremembered how all that finally resolved. In that moment,
I thought we had decided to fix that for modules. But now that you mention
it, I remember the discussion. These are difficult issues, and I was not
trying to suggest we reopen them.
In any case, regarding the new #1 and #3 restrictions in ES5 strict, the
most we can say is that it cleared the ground in hopes of better scoping in
ES6, but it didn't turn out that way. Oh well. Was worth a shot.
On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:46 AM, Andreas Rossberg <rossb...@google.com>wrote:
> On 18 March 2013 17:32, Mark S. Miller <erig...@google.com> wrote:
> > And why does ES5/strict impose these restrictions, when they are not
> > necessary for the formal criterion?
> >
> > Because ES5 strict mode, being an opt-in, gave us a rare opportunity to
> > clean things up in preparation for yet better scoping in ES6. I'm
> pleased to
> > report that it mostly turned out that way. Because of #1 and #3, ES5
> strict
> > code will be easier to refactor into ES6 modules, where the global
> object is
> > finally not on their scope chain. At the time we did this, we didn't
> > anticipate this specific aspect of ES6, but took the opportunity to clear
> > the ground.
>
> Maybe I misunderstand what you mean, but unfortunately, the global
> object will remain at the top of the scope chain in ES6, even with
> modules (though complemented with a lexical environment for new
> binding forms). We shied away from fixing that mistake.
>
> /Andreas
>
--
Cheers,
--MarkM
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