I would also like to point out that the ES6 array and generator comprehensions 
are very similar to the already existent Array.prototype.forEach() and 
Array.prototype.map() methods, both of which are not the most optimal at this 
point. Here's some relatively simple examples of this in ES6:

    var x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
    x = [for (let i of x) i*i];

    // fat arrow function not implemented in any JS engine AFAIK
    var x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
    x = x.map((i) => i*i);

    // valid ES5 and ES6
    var x = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
    x = x.map(function (i) { return i*i; });

These syntax changes all but require more optimization of the algorithms for 
the Array.prototype.forEach() and Array.prototype.map() methods. 

I don't know, though, if array comprehensions allow for void returns inside the 
functions executed, because I haven't really gone in depth into that part of 
the spec. I know that Haskell does, but Python doesn't, and I don't know about 
any other languages for sure. Also, reading the spec doesn't really hint either 
way explicitly in the algorithm, but it implies that it should be possible. 
There is no mention of anything wrong with any return that the function called 
itself doesn't have errors (aka void and undefined returns might be 
permissible... I'll have to check with the mailing list). 

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