I was more looking for the rationale behind it. I know it currently doesn't hoist.
On Thu, Oct 16, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Domenic Denicola <[email protected]> wrote: > https://www.google.com/search?q=class+declarations+hoisted+site%3Aesdiscuss.org > leads to > https://esdiscuss.org/topic/in-es6-strict-mode-do-function-declarations-within-a-block-hoist > as the first result which lays it out pretty clearly. > > -----Original Message----- > From: es-discuss [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Isiah > Meadows > Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 20:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Unhoisted class declarations > > I know it was touched on a recent thread > (https://esdiscuss.org/topic/a-new-es6-draft-rev28), but is there a reason > why class declarations aren't hoisted like function declarations? It is a > little confusing to be to type (1) but not (2). > > (1) > ```js > foo(); // prints "Yay!" > > function foo() { > console.log('Yay!'); > } > ``` > > (2) > ```js > new Foo().speak(); // Error > > class Foo { > constructor() {} > > speak() { > console.log('Yay!'); > } > } > ``` > > -- > Isiah Meadows > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss -- Isiah Meadows _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
