It is? I was counting how many JavaScript versions it'd take before Domino Cola <https://blog.domenic.me/> shot this thread down.
*SERIOUSLY THOUGH:* If somebody could give me a definitive answer on where and how to go about getting a language feature proposed and considered, that'd be copacetic as hell. On 2 June 2016 at 01:02, Caitlin Potter <caitpotte...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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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