On 6 December 2012 22:26, Claus Reinke <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I was hoping for something roughly like >>> >>> let lhs = rhs; statements >>> // non-recursive, scope is statements >>> >>> let { declarations }; statements // recursive, scope is >>> declarations and statements >> >> Problem is that you need mutual recursion between different binding forms, >> not just 'let' itself. > > Leaving legacy var/function out of it, is there a problem with > allowing mutually recursive new declaration forms in there? > > let { // group of mutually recursive bindings > > [x,y] = [42,Math.PI]; // initialization, not assignment > > even(n) { .. odd(n-1) .. } // using short method form > odd(n) { .. even(n-1) .. } // for non-hoisting functions > > class X { .. } > class C extends S { .. new X( odd(x) ) .. } > class S { } > }; > if (even(2)) console.log( new C() );
First of all, this requires whole new syntax for the let body. Second, it doesn't eliminate the need for temporal dead zones at all. So what does it gain? The model we have now simply is that every scope is a letrec (which is how JavaScript has always worked, albeit with a less felicitous notion of scope). /Andreas _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
