On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <[email protected]>wrote:
> > On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:50 PM, David Herman wrote: > > > On Sep 26, 2013, at 3:48 PM, Domenic Denicola < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I don't understand why this is happening. There was fairly strong > consensus on symbols at the last meeting, and nothing new has been brought > to the table. Why are people's opinions suddenly changing? Vague > fearmongering about "complexity"? Symbols are a good solution to a real > problem, much better than strings. > > > > +so much > > > > I am very disappointed by this thread. > > Actually, something new was brought to the table. The convention of using > string literal specified, non-identifier property names for stratified meta > operations. > This will effectively "version" plain objects: one version that all code in existence was written to work with and the other that will become something developers regard as a "bad part" due to strange special behaviour that doesn't match expectations. Rick
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