On May 19, 2011, at 3:04 AM, Andreas Rossberg wrote: > > Hm, making name creation a method of String seems equally odd -- > unless you also plan to have typeof String.createPrivateName() == > "string".
That is indeed the plan in the particular version of the proposal that started this thread. > > Of course, I see the concern with the global object (although 'Name' > was only a strawman suggestion). I assume that we need a future-proof > solution for adding new built-in objects anyway, most likely based on > modules. And that accessing built-in objects through the global object > will be deprecated in Harmony code. So, since private names will be > Harmony-specific, their constructor doesn't have to be visible through > the "old" ES5 global object. This thread initially was specifically about how to make private name creation available in code that does not opt-in into new Harmony syntax. Allen _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
