Does no one read RPG's fine Clause 3 of ECMA-262 these days? /be
On Oct 23, 2011, at 8:48 AM, Axel Rauschmayer wrote: >> - What do you call something that produces instances in JavaScript? A class? >> A type? A constructor? Or is a constructor the implementation of a type? >> >> At least in my part of the everyday life of a JavaScript programmer, we call >> functions that we invoke with "new" mostly "classes" and sometimes >> "constructors". In contrast, values not objects are the ones that have types >> (only boolean, number and string) even if values in JS are indeed objects. >> >> >> - If instance factory B inherits from instance factory A, is B a subclass of >> A? B a subtype of A? B a subconstructor of A? >> >> We say it's a subclass, but we mostly say "inherits from". > > How about this (expanding your proposal)? > - Every value in JavaScript is an element (not an instance!) of a type. > - There are primitive types and object types. > - Object types are implemented via constructors/classes. > - A class/constructor produces objects that are its instances. > - A constructor inherits from another constructor. > - A class is a subclass of another class. > > I wonder if the word class couldn’t be avoided (certainly not with class > literals). > > -- > Dr. Axel Rauschmayer > [email protected] > > home: rauschma.de > twitter: twitter.com/rauschma > blog: 2ality.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
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