I like this. It works very well.

On Tue, Aug 25, 2015, 12:38 Claude Pache <claude.pa...@gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I think the following grammar could work.
> Replace the current (ES2015) PostfixExpression production with:
>
> ```
> IncrementExpression:
>     LeftHandSideExpression
>     LeftHandSideExpression [no LineTerminator here] ++
>     LeftHandSideExpression [no LineTerminator here] --
>     ++ LeftHandSideExpression
>     -- LeftHandSideExpression
> ```
>
> And define UnaryExpression as:
>
> ```
> UnaryExpression:
>     IncrementExpression
>     delete UnaryExpression
>     void UnaryExpression
>     typeof UnaryExpression
>     ++ UnaryExpression
>     + UnaryExpression
>     -- UnaryExpression
>     - UnaryExpression
>     ~ UnaryExpression
>     ! UnaryExpression
>     IncrementExpression ** UnaryExpression
> ```
>
> where the following production (which exists only to avoid to confusingly
> interpret, e.g., `++x++` as `+ +x++`):
>
> ```
> UnaryExpression:
>     ++ UnaryExpression
>     -- UnaryExpression
> ```
>
> yields a static SyntaxError (or a static ReferenceError if we want to be
> 100% compatible ES2015).
>
>
> That way, we have the following expected behaviour:
> * in/decrement operators bind most tightly;
> * unary and exponentiation operators are applied from right to left.
>
>
> —Claude
>
>
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