On Oct 11, 2008, at 3:16 PM, Brendan Eich wrote: > Of course everything could be lambda-coded, but that's not harmonious > or usable. Just let as new var is agreed upon, and let blocks and > expressions could be let coded if there is no name shadowing (else > they'd need lambda-coding).
Of course, let expressions would need lambda-coding no matter what names were shadowed. The experience gained in JS1.7+ shows more let block usage than let expression, but expression temporaries (lacking macros and ignoring automatically generated code) are uncommon in today's JS. The function-expression-immediately-applied cliché usually has statements for effect, if not a return -- not a single expression in its body. /be _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
