Re: revisiting "shift"

2010-04-28 Thread David Herman
> Hm. Maybe you meant to return the function to allow access to the local > variable > k through a closure? And not a fingerprint > mixed shift(function) > as I read it at first? I don't know what you're saying, but I have already posted the semantics in this thread. I *think* it should be prett

Re: revisiting "shift"

2010-04-28 Thread Peter van der Zee
> I don't understand this question-- do you mean whatever value the > handler function (in the example, function(k) { return k }) > returns? Then no, there's no augmentation or mutation here. The > continuation is represented as an object with three methods: Ah, I didn't know that. >> It'd be cle

Re: revisiting "shift"

2010-04-28 Thread David Herman
> What happens if you don't supply a function but another type, or none? The simplest thing is to specify it as a runtime error if the argument to shift is not callable. You're right that there's an overhead to constructing a new function. But it gives you flexibility that's otherwise a pain for

Error instances have no special properties?

2010-04-28 Thread Garrett Smith
Why does the specification state "Error instances have no special properties"? The ES5 specification states: | 15.11.5 Properties of Error Instances | Error instances inherit properties from the Error prototype | object and their [[Class]] internal property value is | "Error". Error instances hav