"begets" is pure win. http://i.word.com/idictionary/beget, it's pronounceable and searchable/google-able (being able to find new syntax docs is crucial). It has a known history and follows an existing grammar precedent.
Perhaps least importantly, I feel like a can get excited about "begets" /Rick On Oct 31, 2011, at 2:11 AM, Brendan Eich <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 30, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Axel Rauschmayer wrote: > >>>> let obj = base beget {a: 1, b: 2} >>>> let arr = base beget [p, q, r] >>>> let fun = base beget function (...args) { ... } >>>> let re = base beget /(\w+)\s+(\w)+/g >>>> >>>> It's still idiomatic as a name for differential inheritance, but it is >>>> more pithy than 'make' or 'create' (and one character shorter than >>>> 'create' -- no Unix 'creat' reruns! ;-). Comments? >>> >>> Of the various keywords that I been suggested for this operator, I think I >>> like it the best. It is probably good that it is fairly unique and >>> idiomatic. >>>> >>>> Saying or writing "triangle" does not convey meaning, and it's confusing >>>> in geometry/graphics contexts. >>> >>> yes, my original suggest is that <| should be produced "prototype for" >> >> One last idea, then I’ll stop my bikeshedding: >> >> I think it helps if it reads well. For example: >> >> const Employee = Person refinedBy { ... } >> const Employee = Person subsuming { ... } >> const Employee = Person parenting { ... } >> const Employee = Person above { ... } >> const Employee = Person before { ... } > > Sorry, these are ghastly (it's almost Halloween, but c'mon). > > I searched a bit and re-read Smalltalk, Self, Cecil, and Io docs to get a > handle on what <| does. It is not 'clone'. It ain't 'create' except in a > vacuous sense that's also already "taken" by ES5 Object.create. It isn't > "subsuming" in my view. "refinedBy" is closer but you'll get camelCaps > keywords into JS over my dead body! > > I landed on 'beget' because 'create' is close but vague yet poisoned, and we > need something pithy. Doug already employed it ages ago. Is there a reason > you don't like 'beget'? > > /be > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
