What proposal is "@" reserved for, by chance? I was trying to pick something that both wasn't used and can't be the name of a variable (e.g., underscore). I saw another proposal for "?" for partially applying functions, but that would be potentially ambiguous with the ternary operator.
As for resolving ambiguity, why not just do what Scala does <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19916169/scala-arguments-of-nested-lambdas-with-short-syntax/19917720>? It would seem to me that nesting these functions would be a sign you need to refactor anyway. As far as meriting its own syntax, that's why I referenced another language where the implementors found that it did merit its own syntax (though the underscore in Scala also does a lot more). On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Jordan Harband <[email protected]> wrote: > In Scala, the ambiguity of the underscore causes lots of confusion when > you have nested functions - how is that handled in your proposal? > > Bear in mind, I think it's a tough argument that `@ + 1` is so much better > than `n => n + 1` that it warrants its own syntax. > > Separately, the "@" is reserved for an existing proposal, so you'd have to > come up with different syntax anyways. > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:38 AM, Kenneth Powers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have a proposal for new syntax in ES inspired by the placeholder syntax >> in Scala Functions >> <http://docs.scala-lang.org/overviews/quasiquotes/expression-details.html#function> >> . >> >> Essentially, the idea would be to allow anonymous arguments. The most >> simple example would be a function which takes one argument (as far as the >> programmer is concerned): >> >> [1, 2, 3].map(@ + 1) >> >> This would be the same thing as: >> >> [1, 2, 3].map(n => n + 1) >> >> Just like in Scala, an anonymous function is created. This concept can be >> further extended in ES: >> >> [1, 2, 3].reduce(@0 + @1, 0) >> >> Which would be the same thing as: >> >> [1, 2, 3].reduce((sum, n) => sum + n, 0) >> >> Thoughts? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >> >> >
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