On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Lars Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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()
Like I wrote in previous messages, what these programmers need is an
actual data structure:
var m = { x: ..., y: ... };
var n = "x";
// n may change, &c.
...
m[n]
>
> (and the latter does not handle shadowing, for better or worse).
Heh. Someone should revive Mark Miller.
-Jon
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