It's not feasible anyway because AND and OR are already valid identifiers: a = foo() &&(bar)
is equivalent to `a = foo() && bar`, but a = foo() AND(bar) is equivalent to a = foo(); AND(bar); On Wed, 25 May 2016 at 02:29 kdex <[email protected]> wrote: > Could you explain how your second example is cleaner? All I see is that > it's longer; the rest is merely a matter of taste. > JavaScript's syntax was, amongst others, heavily influenced by C-family > languages (which went for `&&` and `||` as well as `&` and `|`). > > Next, I think it's confusing that, although we're calling it "bitwise and" > and "bitwise or", we would only be able to write `and` or `or` in a logical > context; this choice is entirely arbitrary. Bitwise operators would still > need to be `&` and `|` since there's no way to tell what your intent is > just from the syntax. > > IMHO, the current operators `&&`, `&`, `||` ,`|` are the cleanest > implementation of `and` and `or` that I could think of. > > On Dienstag, 24. Mai 2016 21:14:59 CEST Francis Clavette wrote: > > Hi, > > I’d like to be able to use AND for && and OR for || in conditional > statements in a future version of ECMAScript. It’s a feature I’ve always > been wanting since transitioning from PHP. It’s also much cleaner : > > > > if ($scope.newSourceModal.isShown() && $scope.newsource.type == "book" > && (!$scope.insertingFromScan || $scope.ok)) > > > > ============== > > > > if ($scope.newSourceModal.isShown() AND $scope.newsource.type == "book" > AND (!$scope.insertingFromScan OR $scope.ok)) > > > > > > Francis > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >
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