The promised separate email:
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:20 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock
<[email protected]>wrote:
>
> It seems to me, the real point of difference here is whether or not we
> should add a syntactic mechanism that supports information hiding in the
> context of JavaScript objects. Some constituents want this, others do not.
>
I never said I don't want syntactic support. I said I don't like the syntax
you proposed. You and Dave have now both said that you consider this to be
the main issue. To me it is a minor and separate issue. Were soft fields to
be adopted with your syntax, I would consider that to be an overall good
outcome.
>From private email, I have even been made aware that my attempts to separate
the syntax and semantics debates is perceived by some to be "a trick" to
kill both the syntax and semantics of private names. I am shocked and
distressed that the level of suspicion is now so high that I must cope with
these suspicions. That I am against both does not make insincere my sense
that they are orthogonal questions. I will point out that it occurred to me
as I was writing those wiki pages that it would be strategic not to reveal
my dislike of the syntax until we'd settled the semantics issues. I chose
not to do so in order to avoid giving a false impression that I like the
syntax. I have been open about my opinions throughout the process.
Nevertheless, because such suspicions have arose, and because I consider
only the semantics issues crucial, I will recuse myself from further
discussion -- either on list or in the meetings -- of the syntax to be
associated with this functionality. I will proceed as if we're all in
agreement on your syntax and argue only about the semantics.
--
Cheers,
--MarkM
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