On Apr 10, 2012, at 4:01 PM, Axel Rauschmayer wrote: > What is a good term for functions that don’t have/use dynamic `this`? > “Non-method function” defines them by what they aren’t, I would like a > positive definition. I’ve considered the term “pure function”, but the > adjective “pure” is already heavily overloaded, especially in functional > programming. > > Any ideas?
How about: procedure - call "callable" object method - a procedure that has a dynamic this (or super) dependency function - a procedure that does not have a dynamic this dependency detached method - a method that has not been associated with an object via Object.defineMethod FunctionDeclarations and FunctionExpressions may be used to define either methods or functions. Arrow Function expression only define functions Concise method definitions in object literals and class definitions may define either methods or functions It's messy, but emphasizes that the important thing is what the function depends upon rather than which syntactic form was used to define it. Allen
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