Can anyone knowledgeable on the topic of direct vs indirect evaluation chime in with an explanation or a link to one as my understanding is enough to "get it" but not too really explain it.
On Aug 5, 2017 11:57 AM, "Dmitrii Dimandt" <[email protected]> wrote: > Exactly! import.meta doesn’t make import an object. new.target doesn’t > make new an object. function.sent doesn’t make function an object. > > These are just purely arbitrary things tacked on top of randomly selected > keywords because at one point someone needed some *introspection* info > (such as “current execution context” etc.). Instead of designing a proper > introspection API (or even the beginnings of it), we now have: > > - keywords that are just keywords, really (typeof, case, break, etc.) > - keywords that are just keywords, but don’t even exist in a language. > They are reserved for future use in various contexts: always reserved, only > in strict mode, only in module code etc. (enum, public, private, await > etc.). May never be used and may possibly be removed, as some keywords have > been (int, byte, char etc.) > - literals that are basically keywords (null, true, false) > - non-keywords that are for all intents and purposes keywords (eval, > arguments) > - keywords that look like objects (because they have additional > properties) which are not objects (new with new.target) > - keywords that look like functions (because they are invoked like > functions and return values like functions) which are not functions (import) > - keywords that look like objects *and* functions but are neither (import) > > The last three are now the current fashionable trend in TC39 for some > reason. Why? > > > On Sat, 05 Aug 2017 at 15:40 "T.J. Crowder" <">"T.J. Crowder" > wrote: > >> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Naveen Chawla <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Thanks for the link! That means that `import` is already on the >> borderline of the spec since it wants to be a function and object. >> >> No, not at all. It's a keyword. `import.meta` doesn't make `import` an >> object, any more than `new.target` makes `new` an object. >> >> -- T.J. Crowder >> > > > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > >
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