On Aug 31, 2013 6:20 PM, "Brendan Eich" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Brian Kardell wrote: >> >> >> Fwiw, just bikesheddingly speaking I actually prefer the *. >> > > Let's review. Three reasons for function* syntax: > > 1. Opt-in required for backward-incompatible definition of 'yield' as low-precedence unary prefix operator. > > 2. Zero-yield (no yield in body) basis case, useful for delegation via yield* from another generator. > > 3. Decorator to alert the reader that the body contains yield (ignoring 2 for a moment) reason. > > You are "bikesheddingly" supporting 3, I take it. Can you say more about why you want a decorator for human readers? Again ignoring 2, which makes the case based on what the JS engine must see, a more "objective" criterion in this case (and, in a different light, in case 1). > > /be
Yes. I know its not especially useful and i debated sitting it out (as i often do on this list) - i think #1 stands on it own, but I felt that there was some debate about the value of #3 which isn't for compatibility or even function but for developers, and perhaps it might be useful to say that given the choice between * and none, I'd prefer the visual queue that tells me its different with an easy scan because...It's bikesheddy - i know but I thought it worth saying that as one of those devs I think it has value. So if we can get 1 and 3 with a single char... Win.
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