> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Jon Zeppieri
> Sent: 4. april 2008 11:38
> To: Lars Hansen
> Cc: liorean; es4-discuss@mozilla.org
> Subject: Re: Strict mode recap
>
> > 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...
That could be true. But it could also be the case that people
find that it is easier to say
var x = ...
var y = ...
var n = "x" // but could be y
...
// n may change here by assigning another string to it
...
eval(n)
than
var x = ...
var y = ...
var n = function () { return x } // but could be y
...
// n may change here by assigning another function to it
...
n()
(and the latter does not handle shadowing, for better or worse).
--lars
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