Anyways, instead of arguing about the colloquial vs long/tedious naming conventions, it might be be better not to derail the thread about a language feature proposal.
> On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:47 AM, kdex <k...@kdex.de> wrote: > > I could swear that I've read that one intent was to release an updated ES > standard yearly, so in theory, even the smaller indexes should change just as > often as the years on a calendar. :p > The majority should already have broken the habit calling it "harmony", so > it's not like we haven't been there before. > > I think it's just a matter of time for people to realize that an offset of > `year – 2009` has the potential to be confusing in the long run. > (Maybe worth mentioning: If mankind still exists in the year 4024, the names > will clash :p) > > On Mittwoch, 1. Juni 2016 10:17:42 CEST Caitlin Potter wrote: >> Honestly, I don’t think so — Colloquially, it’s just easier to deal with >> small indexes vs dates/years. They’re shorter, they don’t change as often >> (in theory). It’s a hard habit to break for most people. >> >>> On Jun 1, 2016, at 10:09 AM, kdex <k...@kdex.de> wrote: >>> >>> @caitlin Good find, but this directory name was presumably only given to >>> match the naming scheme of [1] and [2]. >>> Somebody should probably do the work and rename them all. >>> >>> @leo: The Chrome Platform Status page [3] also mentions "ES8". >>> >>> [1] https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/master/test/mjsunit/es6/ >>> [2] https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/master/test/mjsunit/es7 >>> [3] https://www.chromestatus.com/features/5644533144485888 >>> >>> On Mittwoch, 1. Juni 2016 10:01:18 CEST Caitlin Potter wrote: >>>> Oh sure you have, >>>> >>>> https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/master/test/mjsunit/es8/ >>>> <https://chromium.googlesource.com/v8/v8/+/master/test/mjsunit/es8/> for >>>> instance :p >>>> >>>>> On Jun 1, 2016, at 9:59 AM, Leo Balter <leonardo.bal...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I haven't seen anyone referring to ES2017 as ES8, so I imagine we won't >>>>> have this problem anymore in a couple years. In anyway, this is an >>>>> addition that won't happen to ES2016, it's too late for that. >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 9:36 AM, John Gardner <gardnerjo...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:gardnerjo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>>> There is no such thing as ES7. >>>>> >>>>> You say that as though you can control how people index language versions >>>>> in their minds... >>>>> >>>>> On 1 June 2016 at 23:33, Mark S. Miller <erig...@google.com >>>>> <mailto:erig...@google.com>> wrote: >>>>> ES2015 was the last version for which the short for ("ES6") was also in >>>>> common use. After that, there is only ES2016 etc. There is no such thing >>>>> as ES7. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wed, Jun 1, 2016 at 3:03 PM, John Gardner <gardnerjo...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:gardnerjo...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> I'd like to propose a simple yet potent syntax addition >>>>> <https://esdiscuss.org/topic/constructing-objects-from-named-identifiers> >>>>> for /ECMAScript\d+/. What's the most direct approach to get this >>>>> officially considered? I've seen differing procedures mentioned in places >>>>> and I'm unsure. >>>>> >>>>> BTW, am I the only one getting confused by the year-based naming >>>>> convention? I skip over intermediate letters when reading and only absorb >>>>> the last digit, which makes me mistake ES2017 as ES7, which is actually >>>>> ES2016, which I get mixed up with ES6, which is ES2015. >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> es-discuss mailing list >>>>> es-discuss@mozilla.org <mailto:es-discuss@mozilla.org> >>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>>>> <https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> --MarkM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> es-discuss mailing list >>>>> es-discuss@mozilla.org <mailto:es-discuss@mozilla.org> >>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>>>> <https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> es-discuss mailing list >>>>> es-discuss@mozilla.org >>>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>>> >>>> >> >>
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