On Dec 31, 2011, at 6:08 PM, Oliver Hunt wrote: >> # What about eliminating the window from the scope chain? >> >> Short answer: giving up. > > I think we can drop the global object from the scope chain in ES. In the > context of the browser we need to come up with a way to trigger it.
Maybe. I don't think it's as important. You can choose to use no globals whatsoever if you want once we have the stdlib available via standard "@" URL's. If we can find a simple way to opt out of the global object that isn't a burden, I'm for it. But I suspect if it's too much work, it's just easier... to not use the global object. :) > Someone brought up the typeof semantic change as concern :-/ I'm not concerned. It's technically doable, in that the change would only be within module code. But I think changing the semantics of typeof in only part of JS is a bad idea anyway. It's not enough win to pay for itself. And I think it's pretty clear we can't change it everywhere without breaking the web. Dave _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
