On 15 September 2011 09:10, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 14, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote: > >> I would prefer ObjectMap (the keys are restricted to objects). > > Now that you point it out (again), I agree.
I don't. :) It is true to some extent that WeakMap is GC jargon -- but as Mark points out, the normal use case for weak maps _is_ to ensure a certain space behaviour closely related to GC. So why obfuscate the very intent by purposely avoiding what is more or less standard terminology for it (if slightly ambiguous)? If I was a programmer looking for something like weak referencing in JS for the first time, "weak" is what I'd be searching for. "ObjectMap" would be too generic a name to catch my immediate attention. /Andreas _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
