On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.com> wrote: > On Nov 11, 2011, at 4:42 PM, John J Barton wrote: > >> Object.extend() does not exist. > > Which one do you mean?
I mean Object.extend does not exist. > > Irakli is using Function.prototype.extend, not something like PrototypeJS's > Object.extend. Iraki wrote Object.extend(). > > >> Similar but not identical functions >> are widely used. We would like a standard form built-in to the >> runtime. > > You have to specify. But anyway, adding something specific, say Irakli's > Function.prototype.extend, would not address the goals of classes-as-sugar. True by your definition, but not relevant, since I'm not claiming any goals classes are covered. Iraki is, but I guess he missed your point about our opinion on classes being irrelevant (which makes sense to FWIW).. > > >> Or is this already in the standard but not implemented? > > What "this" do you mean, *exactly*? Of course I cannot answer "exactly". If I could we would not need a standard. > > No fair acting like I didn't get you a free hot dog while I was selling > hamburgers! We need hot dogs. Hopefully someone selling other things will offer hot dogs if we keep asking. >You have to give (with specifics) to hope to get; you have to play to win. Ok sorry I did not know the rules. jjb _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
