On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Domenic Denicola < [email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 29, 2014, at 12:50, "Rick Waldron" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Static analysis would be necessary if JavaScript ever wanted to make > macros possible in modules. I don't have exact numbers nor have I done any > formal surveys, but the general response to Sweet.js has been > overwhelmingly positive. It would be a shame to close that door. > > My understanding is that door is already closed, since we were not able to > eliminate the global scope contour from modules (which is necessary to get > completely-static knowledge of all free identifiers). Part of the > rationalization for this was that compile-time tools (like Sweet.js) are > working out pretty well. > > See "Back to Static Checking" in http://esdiscuss.org/notes/2013-09-18 Yes, it appears I forgot about this. Thanks for the follow up. Rick
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