> If operators are in JS, then code using them reads like JS by definition.
we can agree to disagree. more people like me might look at es9/10 code that may have this feature and think "this looks nothing like javascript" anymore, and then join es-discuss to complain about having to debug other people's unreadable code like i do. On Sep 6, 2017 06:40, "Jordan Harband" <[email protected]> wrote: > > If operators are in JS, then code using them reads like JS by definition. > > On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 4:38 PM, kai zhu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> i tend to agree with peter that function-composition and pipe-operators are likely footguns that don't solve anything new, and that you should be careful what you wish for. >> >> like es6, its all fun when you're writing your own code, but not so much when you "inherit" someone else's orphaned web-project (which seems to be happening alot in industry lately), and it reads more like perl than javascript. >> >> we should be consolidating javascript grammar and design-patterns instead of fragmenting it further, so that everyone's code can be more readable to everyone else. >> >> >> On Sep 4, 2017 21:59, "Naveen Chawla" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> In case anyone is reading this on esdiscuss.org, the 2nd link gets broken when posting it. It's this one (edited on esdiscuss.org): >>> >>> https://github.com/TheNavigateur/proposal-pipeline-operator-for-function-composition >>> >>> On Fri, 1 Sep 2017 at 17:36 kdex <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Ah, I see where you're coming from now. Thanks for the clarification! >>>> >>>> There has recently been some discussion about the semantics of `|>` in [1]. >>>> I think what you're looking for is [2], perhaps? >>>> >>>> [1] https://github.com/tc39/proposal-pipeline-operator/issues/50 >>>> [2] https://github.com/TheNavigateur/proposal-pipeline-operator-for-function-composition >>>> >>>> On Friday, September 1, 2017 1:52:31 PM CEST Peter van der Zee wrote: >>>> > > Sorry, but your message looks very opinionated and I can't seem to find >>>> > > any >>>> > >>>> > objective reasoning in there. >>>> > >>>> > Nah, you might be thrown off by the different grammar ;) >>>> > >>>> > Ok. >>>> > >>>> > Thing is, `|>` would introduce a new way of calling a function in a >>>> > way that is not at all in line with how functions are called in JS. >>>> > That means JS devs won't easily recognize `a |> b` as easily as they >>>> > do `b(a)`. (Also consider less text-book-y examples here please...) >>>> > >>>> > You might argue that this will be a transitional period and I will >>>> > counter you with an existential question; Why at all? What does this >>>> > solve? And is it worth the cognitive overhead? >>>> > >>>> > I think this is a bad addition to the language. One that doesn't "fit" >>>> > with how the language currently works. And one that will lead to many >>>> > devs being thoroughly confused when confronted with this. >>>> > >>>> > But, I'm not asking you to take my opinion on it. Research it. Please >>>> > do some research on this. Reach out to devs of all types (not just >>>> > react devs, not just functional programmers, not just vanilla JS >>>> > coders, not just code golfers, and definitely not just people on the >>>> > TC39) and figure out how they will respond when confronted with >>>> > additions like this. And please post those results here. I don't mind >>>> > being wrong. As long as you can back those claims up when introducing >>>> > something like this. >>>> > >>>> > - peter_______________________________________________ >>>> es-discuss mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> es-discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> es-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss >> >
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