What is a 'mutable binding'?
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Domenic Denicola < [email protected]> wrote: > Importing is nothing like destructuring. You import mutable bindings; > you don't do assignment. I'm very glad that different syntax is used for > each case. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mark Volkmann <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, March 14, 2014 10:19 > *To:* Kevin Smith > *Cc:* Domenic Denicola; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: module exports > > I understand it's hard to make changes after a certain point. It's too > bad though that developers will have to remember that the way to import a > few things from a module is: > > import {foo, bar} from 'somewhere'; > > but the way to import the whole module is: > > module SomeModule from 'somewhere'; > > instead of > > import SomeModule from 'somewhere'; > > It just seems so clean to say that if you want to import something, you > always use the "import" keyword. > > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Kevin Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> export { foo as default }; >>>> >>>> I fail to see why sugar over this form is necessary. >>>> >>> >>> I completely agree. Plus if this is taken away then the "import" >>> keyword can be used to get the whole module as in my example above. At that >>> point maybe there is no need for the "module" keyword. >>> >> >> Maybe, but at this point that would be too big of a change to swallow. >> I think if we can just focus on eliminating this one pointless and >> confusing aspect (the export default [expr] form), we'll be good to go. >> >> >> > > > -- > R. Mark Volkmann > Object Computing, Inc. > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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