On Sunday, September 22, 2013, Benjamin (Inglor) Gruenbaum wrote: > I just asked Raul's weird syntax question in SO and tried to answer it > myself. Going through the spec, I have to admit that he has a point and > things could be clearer. I think the JS spec being good is a big factor not > only for implementers but for developers too and it could be better :) > > However, admittedly I'm not a great writer myself and I don't know how the > spec itself could be clearer in this case, and it was good *enough *for > me as someone who has already read the spec to walk through. It would be > great if that would be the case for new developers too. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18947892/creating-range-in-js-strange-syntax/ > > I think you mean API, not syntax. Using Array.apply(null, arraylike) where arraylike = some object with a length property to create an empty array isn't the sort of content that belongs in a normative specification—it's merely an interesting use of the language's API. The parts of the expression in Ben's tweet are all explicitly specified in the standard.
Rick
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