> var foo:String; That's already a compile-time error (as opposed to runtime.... not sure if that's what you meant by the interpreter throwing an error).
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 1:56 PM, J B <[email protected]> wrote: > And just to be clear, I'm not asking for run-time type checking or > coercion; I'm simply asking that the interpreter not to thrown an error > when it encounters something like this: var foo:String; > > > On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:45 PM, J B <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For one, I wouldn't describe strong typing as a "pet feature". Two, no, >> as far as I know, most of those languages in that list don't offer macros >> or lots of parentheses; and, if they did, then, yeah, maybe it does say >> something. >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Domenic Denicola < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In general ECMAScript lacks lots of features. You may well ask why it >>> doesn't have any other pet feature, and you can often point to >>> compile-to-JS languages that add those. This doesn't imply that the feature >>> should be added to the language. >>> >>> Here, let me try: >>> >>> --- >>> >>> I'm aware of LispyScript, as well as all of these: >>> https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/wiki/List-of-languages-that-compile-to-JS >>> . >>> >>> But those languages appear to have been created precisely because >>> ECMAScript lacks features like lots of parentheses or macros. How many of >>> those languages offer lots of parentheses? I count quite a few... Doesn't >>> that say something? >>> >>> --- >>> >>> The existence of a feature in other languages does not imply it should >>> be added to ECMAScript. You'll have to justify better than that why you >>> think strong typing would be valuable to a language that has historically >>> rejected it. (I'll wait for one of the old timers to chime in about the ES4 >>> days here.) >>> >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > -- Jeremy Martin 661.312.3853 http://devsmash.com @jmar777
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