On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:25 PM, Lars Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hope the forthcoming spec on names will clarify > this, so I suggest we hold off arguing about this particular point for > the moment.
Happily. > > You can argue, and I think you are arguing, that there is no utility in > allowing ns to be variable and allowing id to be replaced by [expr]. Specifically for local variables, yes. > I disagree, based on my experience analyzing uses of eval in scripts > written for the web, which to an astonishing degree evaluate simple > variable names or object.property phrases. I've seen this, too, but rather than proving the utility of this feature, I tend to consider it as evidence of a silent epidemic of brain damage among ES programmers... -Jon _______________________________________________ Es4-discuss mailing list Es4-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es4-discuss
