On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:57 PM, Peter Hall wrote: >> From the discussions that I can recall, I thought it was to permit > more complex type combinations, adding intersection types using "&". > (which is why I like the change).
That was one meaning of "future-proof", yeah. Another was to avoid overloading poor old comma, which might want to be used for something tuple-ish. /be > > Peter > > > On Feb 13, 2008 11:48 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Feb 13, 2008, at 3:46 PM, Peter Hall wrote: >> >>>> - Union types are spelled (x|y|z) now, not (x,y,z). >>>> Popularity contest, the pipe character won. >>>> >>> >>> Didn't notice that change! (and I like it :)) >> >> Popularity, but deeper reasons include (a) more future-proof; (b) >> precedent from other PLs. >> >> /be >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Es4-discuss mailing list >> Es4-discuss@mozilla.org >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > Es4-discuss mailing list > Es4-discuss@mozilla.org > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss _______________________________________________ Es4-discuss mailing list Es4-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss
