at this point you mean it will never be introduced, not even as alias in ES7 or ES8, do I understand correctly?
Best Regards On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 5:17 AM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.org> wrote: > We cannot introduce a global property named `global` at this point. > > I don't think everyone replying lately has read the whole thread carefully > :-|. > > /be > > Andrea Giammarchi wrote: > >> Sure workers too, but it doesn't in server side and it doesn't mean >> anything meaningful for all developers coming from other languages. `self` >> is a misleading word and in ES6 specs we have mentioned global object and >> never a single word for the `self` keyword, or its meaning. >> >> `global` does not need that kind of explanation you put down for >> historical purpose, `global` is well known meaning for everyone in JS >> world, including members in this ML that would refer to the global scope, >> and the global object, regardless they mean sometimes `realm` ... or isn't >> it? >> >> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 10:38 PM, Brendan Eich <bren...@mozilla.org >> <mailto:bren...@mozilla.org>> wrote: >> >> The principle extends just fine to workers, and has. >> >> /be >> >> >> Andrea Giammarchi wrote: >> >> And that's indeed the only place on Web world where `self` >> makes sense: >> >> >>
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