Is __proto__ deprecated by TC39? The spec says otherwise. On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Benjamin Grurnbaum <ing...@gmail.com> wrote:
> With libraries like Knockout utilizing 'with', I'm not sure it'll go away > anytime soon. > > Also, withering works in two directions - we now have '__proto__' > everywhere. > > > On 22 בספט׳ 2014, at 20:17, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.org> wrote: > > Tab Atkins Jr. wrote: > > OnMon, Sep 22, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Domenic Denicola > > <dome...@domenicdenicola.com> wrote: > > > From: es-discuss [mailto:es-discuss-boun...@mozilla.org > <es-discuss-boun...@mozilla.org>] On Behalf Of Isiah Meadows > > >> I know this would break a lot of backwards compatibility completely, > so this is purely hypothetical, and I expect this to not have a realistic > chance anytime soon. > > > > > > Anything that breaks backward compatibility will not have a chance, > realistic or otherwise,*ever*. > > > To square this with Matthew's response, the original idea was to > > *also* expose the core functionality as modules, to give you the > > ability to grab "clean" versions of any standard functions you wanted, > > while the preexisting global versions would still be there. > > > Right! > > Isaih, this is good news: you can't insist on removing stuff, but if you > put the cleanups and better organization in new clothes, the old drab ones > will fade into disuse (even if they don't ever go away). > > This is kind of a "law of the Web." It turns out compat does break, and no > one notices (much), over very long timeframes. At least, we saw this going > from the early Web to the modern days, with a few things (corner cases in > JS and CSS table layout). But these were never predictable, or major. > > With strict-by-default modules, we can hope for 'with' to whither away > over a decade. I wouldn't bet on it, since strict mode is still opt-in and > will be for <script>, forever. > > /be > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > es-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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