This may be a stupid question, but is the current let expression syntax defined in JavaScript 1.7 too fundamentally different from the sought out lambda expression to be repurposed? Or would this wreak havoc on current uses?
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brendan Eich Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 12:52 PM To: Steven Johnson Cc: Neil Mix; Maciej Stachowiak; Eric Suen; es-discuss Subject: Re: Allen's lambda syntax proposal On Dec 3, 2008, at 10:45 AM, Steven Johnson wrote: > On 12/2/08 7:11 PM, "Neil Mix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> How's this for a strawman: the choice is to follow either Objective-C >> or Smalltalk. Given that Objective-C and JS share syntactical roots >> in C, it makes more sense to follow the Objective-C precedent. > > I find Objective-C's syntax to be its weakest point, so I'm not sure > I think > either one of these is a good idea. > > My question is whether a new keyword (or token) is needed for lambda > at all. > Can't the existing "function" keyword be repurposed here? How? ES3 already defines function expressions as well as definitions. They are not the lambdas we seek. /be _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
