On 2010-12-23 20:44, Brendan Eich wrote: > On Dec 23, 2010, at 11:59 AM, Dmitry A. Soshnikov wrote: >> On 23.12.2010 22:39, Brendan Eich wrote: >>> >>> The .. is wanted by other extensions, and already used by ECMA-357 >>> (E4X), FWIW. >> >> JFTR: and also in ECMA-262: >> >> 1..toString() > > Yes, although if we added any .. as in Ruby or CoffeeScript it would, by > the maximal munch principle, be tokenized instead of two dots.
You'd actually have to also change the StrUnsignedDecimalLiteral production, since that "munches" the first dot before the '..' is tokenized. Anyway, the use of '..' in E4X and as a range operator in other languages is sufficient reason not to use it here. -- David-Sarah Hopwood ⚥ http://davidsarah.livejournal.com
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