Not a bad idea -- I agree that it really belongs here, but its value is
much higher in something like TypeScript, where you can keep the typing
signature but have a missing implementation.

On Sat, Mar 24, 2018 at 3:32 AM Isiah Meadows <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I would suggest, if you have support in your editor, just making a
> `???` snippet expand to `throw new Error("unimplemented")`. I've been
> doing similar (mod the snippet) for a while, and it's worked pretty
> well.
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> On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 11:16 AM, dante federici
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Simple example (ts):
> > ```typescript
> > interface SearchFunc {
> >     (source: string, subString: string): boolean;
> > }
> >
> > // Later
> > let mySearch: SearchFunc;
> > mySearch = function(source: string, subString: string) {  ??? }
> > ```
> >
> > Simple example (js):
> > ```js
> > class MyClass = {
> >   foo() { return "foo"; }
> >   bar() { return "bar"; }
> > }
> > class ExtendClass extends MyClass {
> >     foo(){ ??? }
> >     bar(){ return `extended bar`; }
> > }
> >
> > // Elsewhere
> > myRunner = (classInstance) => `${classInstance.foo()} ::
> > ${classInstance.bar()}`;
> >
> > myRunner(myClassInstance);
> > myRunner(extendedClassInstance);
> > ```
> >
> > Decorations would be good for classes, but don't work for regular
> methods.
> >
> > I'm not sold we need new syntax for this -- I just find myself reaching
> for
> > the `???` symbol. Especially in a typed language or in any instance that
> we
> > have a class and extended paradigm, or when you have a prescribed
> "object"
> > shape.
> >
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