Sorry if this has been brought up before, but why `function *` (which looks
like a pointer to a function more than a generator) instead of something
clearer, e.g. `generator myGenerator () {}`? I see the obvious ASI hazard,
but this can be mitigated by not allowing unnamed generators, e.g. `{
myGenerator: generator _ () {} } `, which would not at least be worse than
the current syntax (star required, dummy identifier required, does it make
a difference?), but would be more descriptive. If you see something like
this for the first time, instead of going "wtf, pointer?!", you understand
that it is a generator, and if have no prior experience of generators in
other languages can google the concept.If a more descriptive keyword sounds like a no-no (rationale appreciated), please let's at least consider using a different operator than the star. Cheers, Jussi On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 8:46 AM, François REMY <[email protected] > wrote: > > > I've come to learn the TC39 committee members > > > usually have good ideas even if they seem bad initially. > > > I hope this is the case again this time... > > > > That is nice to hear, and quite a track record to live up to. > > On behalf of all TC39 if I may, thanks. > > Well, I don't think I deserve such thanks just for stating my thrust in > this group, but I can get how it must feel good to hear in the sea of > complaints that you're probably used to receive ;-) It's the same story for > any group, for what it's worth. People easily notice what's wrong, and > consider all the goodness as granted. That's how humans are made, and how > we progresses and avoids regression. > > > > However, I cannot honestly leave you to expect this to > > happen again in this case. I think we've stated the case > > for "function*" as clearly as we're going to. > > > > It is a tradeoff. > > My gut tells me we're running out of such tradeoffs in JS at speed of > light recently. There must be another way. And if such way exists, we shall > find it. > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >
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