On Mar 6, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Garrett Smith wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Brendan Eich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> Hixie argued strongly on IRC today for something that does not
>
>> So, rather than add an ugly "dontenum" keyword that would be seldom
>> used, the group preferred a built-in method. But this may have
>> been a
>> minor mistake. For those interested, here's the full rationale as I
>> remember it:
>>
>
> obj = {dontenum length: 10} );
>
> vs.
>
> obj = {length: 10};
> obj.propertyIsEnumerable("length", false);
>
> Which is more ugly?
Except the known use-case, setting DontEnum properties on standard
prototypes (as the Prototype Ajax library did and still does AFAIK),
does not use object initialisers.
Even so, "dontenum" as a compound word starting with a contraction
whose apostrophe is elided is no beauty contest winner. But before
arguing over those aesthetics, we need a more compelling use-case.
Remember that fixtures declared in classes are not enumerable, which
is the right default for all the "native" (built-in is better, since
these can be and are increasingly self-hosted) objects' properties.
/be
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