> On Sep 10, 2014, at 12:35, Allen Wirfs-Brock <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Sep 10, 2014, at 9:28 AM, Matthew Robb wrote: >> >> As soon as the language decided it would have a differentiation for modules >> vs scripts then it seems only natural that it should also specify at least >> some generic means of entry into one mode or another. Then it's up to >> browsers or who ever to determine what external signifiers would trigger >> module instead of script. Or the language parsing logic could say that in >> the presence of module syntax it will always be treated as module. I don't >> know if that's feasible or not *shrug* > > Modules and scripts can not always be identified by inspection. Consider: > > foo.js ------------------------------- > const answer = 42; > --------------------------------------- > > The semantics of this are quite different depending upon whether foo.js is > evaluated as a script or loaded as a module. > > Allen
But why? To be completely serious. Why do we have to make a difference? > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
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