ah, right, I was thinking about `x = y`. In any case, the same applies, import and export declarations will not break the mental model for assignments, initializations, etc, the result for the original example will be `42` / `"orig"`.
/caridy > On Mar 18, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Mark S. Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have not been following this thread, so my response may be out of context. > But I have to point out that > > let x = y; > > is *not* an assignment. It is an initialization. > > > > > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 12:34 PM, caridy <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Kyle, same answer, `let x = y` is just an assignment. btw, you cannot change > `y` in that module, that's a static error. > > /caridy > > > On Mar 18, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Kyle Simpson <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > >> we are NOT changing the semantic of the assignment expression. > > > > So the result is going to be `42` / `"orig"`, right? :) > > > > The reason I asked is not because I thought we were changing the semantic > > of the assignment expression, but because I wasn't sure if this top-level > > "const or whatever binding" was some sort of special thing that you can > > only hold a reference to. Clearly not. > > > > Also, since `y` keeps a reference to the "orig"inal function reference > > imported, even if the module updates itself, this very well may affect > > those who (in places other than this thread, and for different reasons) > > have often suggested they plan to do stuff like: > > > > ```js > > import { y } from ".."; > > > > let x = y; > > .. > > // use x now > > ``` > > > > In those cases, I was trying to find out if `x` could be updated by the > > module itself, like `y` can, because that matters (either good or bad) to > > the desire to use such a pattern. Since `x` can't get updated here, it's > > now clear to me that I wouldn't want to use such pattern, for fear that I > > am not using the latest API binding. > > > > Thanks for clarifications! > > _______________________________________________ > > es-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > > <https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss> > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > <https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss> > > > > -- > Cheers, > --MarkM
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