On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:04 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Oct 16, 2008, at 1:55 PM, Waldemar Horwat wrote: > >> var: Not an issue if you're not using var inside the lambda. Code >> generation that wants to use lambda would use var why? >> >> arguments: Again, not an issue if you're not using the arguments >> array. If a code generator is updated for lambda, then presumably >> it will be updated not to use the arguments array. > > Why assume that lambda is only for code generators?
For hand-written code, I think the combination of "lambda" and "class" have the potential to (almost?) eliminate the need for "function" and its relatively confusing semantics. I've been looking through my code; lambda and even the simplest class (instance private, zero inheritance) would cover almost everything as drop in replacements. A few situations would need very little reworking to use lambda and class and as a result would be better. Peter _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
