Re: typed objects and value types

2014-04-08 Thread Dmitry Lomov
Note that value object proposal does _not_ address int64. On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 1:27 AM, Waldemar Horwat walde...@google.com wrote: On 04/02/2014 07:32 AM, Niko Matsakis wrote: I just wanted to let people on es-discuss know about two of my recent blog posts concerning typed objects. The

Exceptional exits from generators

2014-04-08 Thread Andy Wingo
Hello, The current ES6 draft seems to specify that if a running generator throws an exception, that its state moves to completed. It seems to specify this in ยง25.3.3.1, `GeneratorStart'. (Oddly, the procedure described in `GeneratorResume' can return to `GeneratorStart'; spec strangeness).

Re: Re: typed objects and value types

2014-04-08 Thread Cristian Petrescu-Prahova
Note that value object proposal does not address int64. FWIW, I'm too interested in solving the int64 problem somehow. The last I heard about int64 was here: http://www.slideshare.net/BrendanEich/value-objects2. How does the int64 story move forward? -- Cristian Petrescu-Prahova | Software

Re: typed objects and value types

2014-04-08 Thread Brendan Eich
int64 and uint64 are integral parts of value objects, first proofs of concept even. Sorry I fell behind on the SpiderMonkey bug, I'm hoping others will take it over (cc'ed; and for V8) and revive it. It has obvious use-cases in Node.js and anything that tiles the OS syscall surface. /be